The speaker, Jimmy, embarks on a cleanup mission at one of the world's dirtiest beaches. Despite the immense amount of trash, they manage to pick up a significant amount, including a bag containing 6,000 pounds of trash. They also clean up a second beach, removing 12,000 pounds of trash, bringing the total to 50,000 pounds. Despite the progress, the beach will likely get dirty again due to the constant influx of trash from the ocean and rivers.
Jimmy then introduces Team Seas, a project aimed at removing 30 million pounds of trash from the ocean. For every dollar donated, one pound of trash will be removed from the ocean. Half of the funds raised will be used for volunteer beach cleanups and fishing trash out of the ocean, while the other half will be used for trash-eating robots that operate 24/7.
The speaker concludes by urging viewers to donate to Team Seas, emphasizing that making real change isn't easy but is necessary to ensure a clean ocean.
1. The beach is one of the dirtiest in the world.
2. The speaker plans to pick up every piece of trash on the beach.
3. The speaker starts with a water bottle, one of millions of pieces of trash.
4. The speaker successfully picks up trash from the beach.
5. The speaker expresses concern about the time it will take to clean the entire beach.
6. The speaker introduces Oscar, a professional beach cleaner.
7. Oscar explains that they primarily clean the big stuff first, then use sifters to clean the small stuff.
8. The speaker expresses the need for more volunteers to speed up the cleanup process.
9. The speaker introduces a new law: "Thou shall not throw your underwear in the ocean."
10. The speaker mentions that there's a lot of underwear in the ocean.
11. After 12 hours of cleanup, they have managed to pick up a small amount of trash.
12. The speaker plans to bring in 10 times the volunteers the next day.
13. The speaker picks up 6,000 pounds of trash, bringing the total to 36,000 pounds.
14. The speaker mentions that they have picked up 36,000 pounds of trash, which weighs the same as 3,000 cats or three T-rexes.
15. The speaker talks with locals who mention that there's another dirty beach down the street.
16. The speaker plans to clean the other beach with a bunch of volunteers.
17. The speaker finds a whole car bumper on the beach.
18. The speaker mentions that most commonly seen trash along the beach is plastics.
19. The speaker mentions that they have removed 12,000 pounds of trash, bringing the total to 50,000 pounds from just two beaches.
20. The speaker is almost done cleaning the beach.
21. The speaker mentions that the beach will get dirty again due to the ocean washing up trash and rivers bringing in new trash from the mainland.
22. The speaker mentions that they removed over 60,000 pounds of trash from the world's dirtiest beach.
23. The speaker mentions that there is still too much trash in the ocean.
24. The speaker mentions that they are launching Team Seas to remove 30 million pounds of trash from the ocean.
25. The speaker mentions that for every $1 donated, one less pound of trash will be in the ocean.
26. The speaker thanks YouTube Originals for supporting Team Seas and helping fund it.
27. The speaker mentions that YouTube Originals will match the first $400,000 worth of donations, dollar for dollar.
28. The speaker encourages viewers to donate to help remove 30 million pounds of trash from the ocean.
29. The speaker mentions that half the money raised will go towards funding volunteer beach cleanups and fishing trash out of the ocean.
30. The speaker mentions that the other half will be used for trash-eating robots that pick up trash 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, from rivers that flow to the ocean.
31. The speaker encourages viewers to go to teamseas.org or click the donate button to help remove 30 million pounds of trash from the ocean.
32. The speaker mentions that making real change isn't going to be easy.
33. The speaker encourages viewers to donate right now to help remove 30 million pounds of trash from the ocean before the end of the year.