A Plastic Ocean Film Screening

When:

January 11, 2018: 6:30PM to 9:00PM

Where:

350 Bedford Rd, Pleasantville, NY 10570 map

Join the Films on Purpose and Pleasantville Recycles for a screening of A Plastic Ocean. Films on Purpose is presenting this pop-up screening to coincide with the Reusable Bag Initiative presented to the Village of Pleasantville by Pleasantville Recycles.

About the Film

In the center of the Pacific—in what should be pristine ocean—there is more plastic than plankton. A Plastic Ocean documents the newest science, illustrating how plastics, once they enter the oceans, break up into small pieces and enter the food chain, where they are eventually consumed by larger animals, including us. In this real-life adventure, journalist Craig Leeson and free diver Tanya Streeter team up with scientists and researchers from around the world to explore the health of our oceans, reveal the alarming truth about plastic pollution, and present working solutions that can make an immediate difference.

Disposable plastic bags are used only briefly but remain in the environment for hundreds of years. Switching to reusable bags will contribute to a cleaner, healthier environment in Pleasantville and beyond. Pleasantville retailers have been surveyed, and they are overwhelmingly in favor of stopping the practice of providing single-use plastic bags with most purchases/