wanted to document jam bottle recycling
it talked about recycling reusing
bottles and how much money we spend on
it did you know it costs 4.0 billion
dollars for coca-cola to make their
plastic bottles every year have you ever
bought a drink in a plastic bottle and
thought about what it could be doing for
the world well i have i’ve bought many
drinks and plastic bottles myself and
thought I want to make a change I
thought what if there was an
eco-friendly vending machine and I
thought what is an eco-friendly vending
machine it could I think it could be
like a normal vending machine but
instead of a compartment at the bottom
of the vent where you get your drink you
couldn’t stand have just spouts where
the drink comes out you put your own cup
under the drink and get under the spouts
and get your drink no more plastic we
wasted seems process but wait you have
to think about the cost of this idea
excellence is a problem and yes we would
need to spend a bit of money to make
these new vending machines but it could
save billions with not having to create
so many plastic bottles I mean just look
at this chart with one glance you can
see all the money and resources is take
just make one plastic bottle what if we
didn’t have to make some money we could
use less electricity we could save fuel
and gas which limited resources and we
could save money because we don’t have
to make so many plastic bottles so now
think do we really need these vending
machines yes no maybe well no problem
because there is an answer I know it
seems hard but we can do it if we work
together how do I know this will work
because it’s already happening in
restaurants like Starbucks and
McDonald’s you know the drink machines
you put your cup under the drink and bap
the drink comes out so why is it
different for vending machines I think
it’s because we’re too lazy or we forget
to bring our own our own bottles but
what if we could change that what if we
could put a bit more effort in and make
while we’re waiting for these new
vending machine I just happen everyone
can help by just spreading the word
spread it to more and more people around
the world hopefully someone will watch
my TEDx talk on the TEDx youtube channel
and help me make that change because I
do think it’s important it may just be
the beginning of a new idea right now
but just imagine the different ways they
could have an impact on the world the
problems we could try to solve with the
money we could save companies could
donate that money to help more children
elderly people or teenagers in need to
pay university fees I know it seems hard
but we can do it just just if we work
together do it help your home help your
family and help your schools and most of
all help the world think about the power
you have to make a positive change and
do it make that change for the better of
us all thank you [Applause]