Plastic Decomposition Countdown WWF creates a livestream that no one will ever finish.
Story
A plastic bottle takes more than 450 years to decompose. To show everyone, WWF is showing its decomposition in real time, in the longest live streaming ever. The livestream was launched during the earth hour, on the main square of Lisbon with the presence of several city officials and media outlets. The objective of the livestream, that will last 450 years, is to raise awareness to the growing problem of plastic pollution, and to raise 400.000 signatures for a petition that will be presented to key global leaders at the United Nations meeting on the environment. The launch of the livestream worked has a hook to get the media attention for that petition. At the time of writing, the petition had already more than 662.000 signatures.
Philosophy
A plastic bottle takes more than 450 years to decompose. To show everyone, we decided to show its decomposition process in real time, in the longest live streaming ever.
Problem
The plastic flow that reaches the oceans is alarming: around 8 million tons annually. The extremely slow process of decomposition of this material lasts for centuries and is dangerous for the oceans and biodiversity.
Result
+ 663.000 signatures so far + 100 million people reached Law aproved prohibits single use plastic