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60 minutes > Plastic plague > Part 1

produced by Michael H. Gavshon, David M. Levine
Resource Type:
Streaming Video
Publication:
New York, NY : Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), 2018
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Summary:
A report on the efforts to clean up the Great Pacific garbage patch, a vortex of plastic refuse in the ocean; and the devastating effects of plastic garbage on the wildlife on Midway Atoll. With only three ways of disposing of plastic available -- put it in a landfill, burn it or recycle it -- much of it ends up in rivers and streams, turning oceans into a vast garbage dump. Dutchman Boyan Slat has proposed a cleanup device that will skim and corral the ocean's plastic for removal, but it has been met with skepticism and challenges. Meanwhile, the real life effects of the overload of plastic has proven fatal to the colony of Laysan albatross that mistakenly eat this hazardous debris. Includes interviews with: Boyan Slat, founder, Oceanic Cleanup; Denise Hardesty, research scientist for the Australian government; Susan Freinkel, science writer; Roland Geyer, environmental scientist, University of California; Amanda Boyd, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Kevin O'Brien, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration; Kelly Goodale, biologist U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Contributors:
Alfonsi, Sharyn , onscreen presenter, interviewer
Gavshon, Michael H. , producer
Levine, David M. (Television producer) , producer
CBS News Productions , publisher, production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
In English.
Related Works:
In series: 60 minutes (Television program)
Alternate Titles:
Sixty minutes
Plastic plague
Subjects:
Plastic scrap — Environmental aspects
Marine pollution
Plastic scrap — Management
Plastic scrap
Genres:
Interviews
Television news programs
Online media
Internet videos
Performers:
Reporter, Sharyn Alfonsi.
General Notes:
Streaming media.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.
This broadcast from August 18, 2019; original segment first broadcast on December 16, 2018.
Description based on: Title from resource description page (viewed February 29, 2024).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (15 min.))
Digital Characteristics:
video file
Call Numbers:
Online Video
OCLC Numbers:
1425510759
Other Control Numbers:
99707718400971 (source: VaAlASP)
5522061 (source: VaAlASP)
[Unknown Type]: ASP5522061/avon