# The economic injustice of plastic

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxGreatPacificGarbagePatch
- Speaker: Van Jones
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment, Business and management, Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/van_jones_the_economic_injustice_of_plastic)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

When we throw away our plastic trash, where does it go? In this hard-hitting talk, Van Jones shows us how our throwaway culture hits poor people and poor countries "first and worst," with consequences we all share no matter where we live. He offers some ways to reclaim our planet from plastic garbage.

## Lectures

1. [The economic injustice of plastic](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/van_jones_the_economic_injustice_of_plastic/b16d923c3d31), 13 min (TED's player)