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Ini adalah kisah tentang tiga botol plastik,

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kosong dan dibuang.

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perjalanan mereka sekitar menyimpang

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dengan hasil yang berdampak tidak kurang dari nasib planet ini.

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Tapi mereka tidak selalu seperti ini.

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Untuk memahami di mana botol-botol ini berakhir, kita harus
terlebih dahulu mengeksplorasi asal-usul mereka.

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Para pahlawan dari cerita kita yang dikandung di kilang minyak ini.

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Plastik di tubuh mereka

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dibentuk oleh molekul minyak dan gas kimia ikatan bersama-sama

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untuk membuat monomer.

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Pada gilirannya, monomer tersebut terikat dalam rantai polimer
panjang untuk membuat plastik

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dalam bentuk jutaan pelet.

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Mereka kemudia dicairkan di pabrik dan direformasi dalam cetakan
untuk membuat bahan tahan yang membentuk tubuh si kembar tiga.

Mesin mengisi botol dengan cairan air mineral yang ada manismanisnya gitu, dan mereka kemudian dibungkus, dikirim, dibeli oleh
kamu, iya kamu.. dibuka, dikonsumsi. dan tanpa basa-basi dibuang.
Kemudian Agan dengan mudahnya move on ke botol lain.

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Dan sekarang di sini mereka berbohong,

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siap di tepi diketahui.

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Botol satu, seperti ratusan juta ton saudara plastik nya (wow
ternyata mereka keluarga besar Gan), berakhir di tempat
pembuangan sampah. TPA besar ini pun diperluas setiap harinya
karena lebih banyak sampah datang dan terus mengambil ruang.

Seperti plastik lain yang tinggal di sana yang dikompresi antara

lapisan sampah lainnya, air hujan mengalir melalui sampah-sampah
itu, tak terkecuali si botol malang dan air hujan itu menyerap
senyawa yang larut dalam air yang mengandung zat kimia, dan
beberapa dari mereka sangat beracun.

Bersama-sama, mereka membuat sup beracun berbahaya yang

disebut "leachate" (wah kayak kumpulan mantan yang sepakat
berbuat jahat) yang dapat bergerak ke air tanah, tanah dan sungai,
meracuni ekosistem dan merugikan satwa liar. Mungkin kamu dalam
satu hari udah bisa move on ke botol lain, tapi tau gak kamu Gan?
Satu botol harus tersiksa hingga 1.000 tahun untuk terurai.
(makanya jangan pacaran Gan, eh .. kok kagak nyambung)

Perjalanan botol ke dua cukup berbeda, sayangnya, tidak ada yang

lebih bahagia. Setelah dipakai, kemudian ia dibuang ke selokan
(kejam :takuts). Lalu tubuhnya yang mungil mengapung di atas air
yang menuju sungai, dan kemudian tubuh kosongnya yang tak lagi
bisa berdaya berakhir di laut. Setelah berbulan-bulan hilang di laut
(gak ada satupun yang nyariin Gan, kejam..) dia perlahan-lahan
ditarik ke dalam pusaran besar, di mana sampah-sampah lain
menumpuk, (gila, setelah dicampakin, gak ada pun yang nyariin, ia
kemudian bersama sampah-sampah lain, udah kayak sinetron Gan)
tempat yang dikenal sebagai Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Berikut arus laut yang berputar ia telah terperangkap bersama

jutaan potongan sampah plastik.
Sebagai tambahan, tumpukan di Samudera Pasifik ini adalah satu
dari lima "gyre" (tumpukan) di laut dunia. Ada North Atlantic Gyre,
South Pacific gyre, Indian Ocean gyre, dan The Greta North PAcific
gyre yang terbagi menjadi dua, western dan eastern.

Disana adalah tempat dimana polutan mengubah air menjadi sup

plastik berawan.
Beberapa hewan, seperti burung laut, terjerat dalam kekacauan.

Mereka, dan lain-lain, salah megira bungkusan plastik yang

bewarna cerah (kayak anak kecil ya Gan, suka makanan yang
warnanya cerah).

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Plastik membuat mereka merasa kenyang ketika mereka tidak,

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sehingga mereka mati kelaparan

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dan lulus racun dari plastik rantai makanan.

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Sebagai contoh, itu dimakan oleh lanternfish,

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lanternfish yang dimakan oleh cumi-cumi,

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cumi-cumi yang dimakan oleh ikan tuna,

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dan tuna yang dimakan oleh kami.

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Dan kebanyakan plastik tidak terurai,

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yang berarti yang mereka ditakdirkan untuk memecah menjadi
potongan-potongan kecil dan lebih kecil

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disebut plastik mikro,

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yang mungkin memutar di laut selamanya.

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Tapi botol tiga terhindar purgatories kejam dari saudarasaudaranya.

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Sebuah truk membawa dia untuk tanaman

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di mana ia dan teman-temannya, diperas datar

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dan dipadatkan menjadi satu blok.

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Oke, ini terdengar sangat buruk, juga, tapi menggantung di sana.

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Semakin membaik.

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Blok-blok tersebut robek menjadi potongan-potongan kecil,

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yang dicuci dan meleleh,

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sehingga mereka menjadi bahan baku yang dapat digunakan lagi.

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Seperti sulap, botol tiga sekarang siap untuk dilahirkan

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sebagai sesuatu yang sama sekali baru.

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Untuk bit ini plastik dengan asal-usul sederhana seperti,

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tiba-tiba langit adalah batas.

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This is the story
of three plastic bottles,

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empty and discarded.

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Their journeys are about to diverge

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with outcomes that impact nothing less
than the fate of the planet.

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But they weren't always this way.

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To understand where these bottles end up,
we must first explore their origins.

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The heroes of our story
were conceived in this oil refinery.

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The plastic in their bodies

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was formed by chemically bonding

oil and gas molecules together

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to make monomers.

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In turn, these monomers were bonded
into long polymer chains to make plastic

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in the form of millions of pellets.

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Those were melted at manufacturing plants
and reformed in molds

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to create the resilient material
that makes up the triplets' bodies.

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Machines filled the bottles
with sweet bubbily liquid

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and they were then wrapped, shipped,
bought, opened, consumed

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and unceremoniously discarded.

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And now here they lie,

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poised at the edge of the unknown.

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Bottle one, like hundreds of millions
of tons of his plastic brethren,

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ends up in a landfill.

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This huge dump expands each day

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as more trash comes in
and continues to take up space.

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As plastics sit there being compressed
amongst layers of other junk,

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rainwater flows through the waste

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and absorbs the water-soluble

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and some of those are highly toxic.

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Together, they create a harmful stew
called leachate,

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which can move into groundwater,
soil and streams,

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poisoning ecosystems and harming wildlife.

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It can take bottle one an agonizing
1,000 years to decompose.

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Bottle two's journey is stranger
but, unfortunately, no happier.

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He floats on a trickle
that reaches a stream,

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a stream that flows into a river,

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and a river that reaches the ocean.

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After months lost at sea,

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he's slowly drawn into a massive vortex,
where trash accumulates,

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a place known as
the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

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Here the ocean's currents have trapped
millions of pieces of plastic debris.

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This is one of five plastic-filled
gyres in the world's seas.

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Places where the pollutants
turn the water into a cloudy plastic soup.

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Some animals, like seabirds,
get entangled in the mess.

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They, and others, mistake the brightly
colored plastic bits for food.

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Plastic makes them feel full
when they're not,

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so they starve to death

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and pass the toxins from the plastic
up the food chain.

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For example, it's eaten by lanternfish,

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the lanternfish are eaten by squid,

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the squid are eaten by tuna,

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and the tuna are eaten by us.

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And most plastics don't biodegrade,

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which means they're destined to break down
into smaller and smaller pieces

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called micro plastics,

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which might rotate in the sea eternally.

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But bottle three is spared the cruel
purgatories of his brothers.

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A truck brings him to a plant

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where he and his companions
are squeezed flat

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and compressed into a block.

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Okay, this sounds pretty bad, too,
but hang in there.

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It gets better.

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The blocks are shredded
into tiny pieces,

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which are washed and melted,

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so they become the raw materials
that can be used again.

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As if by magic, bottle three
is now ready to be reborn

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as something completely new.

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For this bit of plastic

with such humble origins,

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suddenly the sky is the limit.