Every single
piece of plastic that has ever been created since the 1800s is still somwhere on our planet. So if it never goes away, where does it go?
This
question will be answered in the premier showing of the new movie Plastic Paradise at American Memorial
Park on Friday, July 10th at 6:30pm. (This is one week later than
the normal FFF event due to the 4th of July holiday.)
Thousands
of miles away from civilization, Midway Atoll is in one of the most remote
places on earth. And yet, its become ground zero for The Great Pacific Garbage
Patch, syphoning plastics from three distant continents. In this independent
documentary film, jounralist/filmmaker Angela Sun travels on a personal journey
of discovery to uncover this mysterious phenomenon. Along the way she meets
scientists, researchers, influencers, and volunteers who shed light on the
effects of our rabid plastic consumption and learns the problem is more
insidious than we could have ever imagined.
Before
the film, you will get to learn about where our plastics go on Saipan, and what
it means to recycle on our island. Staff from the Bureau of Environmental and
Coastal Quality will discuss garbage and how we management it on Saipan and in
the rest of the CNMI.