As a fisherman, I have a personal rule of filling one trashbag per trip. I find tons of fishing line and it drives me nuts. Too many times I have found some poorwildlife tangles and dead in it.
Thats fucking awesome man keep up the good work i have a question though how often is it a snapped line that being left out there because the fisherman cant get it back (say the fish swims off with it) and how often is it people throwing the line away in your opinion
@@spyrorocks55 if it's from a snag or lost fish, it's short and rarely found. The vast majority of what I find looks like either someone changed line on site or had to cut out a severe backlash. So probably 85% or more is intentional garbage.
I did a trash clean up at the beach for a school project and it wasn't the nicest day out but the peace of mind that it gave me was surreal. I do one once a month at least now. 10/10 would recommend
I love that in Germany we pay a deposit of 0.25 for each bottle. You better believe that they get returned, or collected by those needing the money. At large fairs people make hundreds of Euros picking up the bottles left laying around.
Some US states do something like that, unfortunately the number has gone down a lot over the years because few felt that it was worth the effort. I live in one of the maybe five states that still recycles plastic bottles and cans on a large scale and people unfortunately do still litter. I'd say the biggest difference is made at parties and gatherings though, there's usually a bag provided just for bottles.
please grab a couple of friends/youtubers and do this again! have a competition on who can collect the most bags of trash! can even be several groups of youtubers doing it around where they live. It would be cool and fun to watch someone like Ludwig getting hella competitive about it
Microplastics are a huge problem. I worked on research when I was in college that was about how microplastics were in our rivers and it was crazy how many there were but also how big and small they were. People need to get educated about types of plastics and how they impact the environment and also how to recycle them! Not all plastics are made equal and actually mixing some types of plastics makes them uneligible to be recycled due to the recycling process not being able to handle mixed streams. Stay sustainable everyone!
Always hear about microplastics, they're everywhere and in everything but I never see anything solid about health effects they actually cause? Surely if they were like, lead/asbestos level bad we would have studies showing their effects by now? Obviously large chunks in animal stomachs are a disaster but when they're microscopic? What if that is an inert state for plastic to exist in, and if we're lucky in years to come after sufficient bans on production of said plastics come in we realize the microplastics are the state we want them to be in?
You're doing fantastic work Maya! What you're doing here is turning an abstract issue like pollution into a clear image of why it's so important to be better for our environment! I never knew that some animals can absorb toxins directly through their skins, and that drove home much more than anything else I've ever seen why we need to keep our waters clean.
Some toxins we can absorb through our skin as well, I guess it all just depends on the skin, the toxin and the dosage. Better not to play guess with nature this way.
I despise people who litter. What's worse is that a lot of the times the stuff we put in our recycle bins ends up in the same place as regular trash. Really burns my britches.
the beach and hills in my area are completely clean. you have to go there by crossing a pedestrian-only bridge. my city invested in stands with paper trash bags and put huge dumpsters in there. everyone takes this bag when they are going there just because it's so convenient - it's easier to take your trash in a separate, handy bag, than try to take it yourself or remember to pack your own trash bag. it's such an easy way to take care of this gorgeous area, I wish it was more common, especially outside EU.
My friends and I did this when we were teens at a local park. There was so much trash in the creek that flowed through. It took a few weeks but at the end, there was no more trash, and everyone was so happy to see the park clean. The wildlife started moving back in, and as far as I know, the amount of trash in the park has been very minimal since, and its been 10 years. Sometimes all it takes is for people to see how nice a space can be, to want to keep it that way.
This isn’t related to the trash, but I carved pumpkins on my patio and the roaches have been hard at work helping to clean up the mess I made and I’m very thankful that you helped reframe their usefulness and reduced my overall fear 💜
I basically did this a few months ago. Went on a walk in a local park and was so enraged by the litter everywhere that the next day I woke up at 6am and spent 3 hours litter picking and it was so satisfying
i used to work for Parks and Rec and half of our job was just trash clean up from waterways, trails, or our parks. It was crazy the amount of cigeret buds and plastic bottles we would throw away. It was eye opening and very angering just in our small area how much trash effected wildlife in the area.
@lilbunno6449 Once again, humanity is a problem in many ways. Littering the earth, and so untrustworthy to where meet ups with people aren't possible.
@@lilbunno6449 the community could still do it without her though! I mean that's the point really, inspiring other people to get involved and do their own things
I do agree that trash picking can be both fun, educational and completely essential if wanna sustain life on the planet. What u did in this video is what I do for a living in Sweden. Clean forests, nature parks and so on 5 days a week. So love to here someone els talk and explain why its needed so much for our future to exist.
My neighbor picks up trash every time she goes walking and inspired me to get my own setup to do the same. Also I love picking up any trash on the beach beforehand as a thank you to Mother Earth as well as supporting more fun in the sand later. Thanks for sharing!
this is the stream that got me to pester the priest i work for to form a church group with our congregation to clean up places in our area :) very fulfilling!!
What I like about this channel and its content is that it has taught me so many things that I was not aware of!! Where I'm from you don't get as much education about nature and how INCREDIBLY important it is to preserve it or how we can contribute by doing "little things", so thank you very much for educating me :)
This is great. I study trash for my graduate degree. I call myself a garbologist and people laugh but it’s real! I do what maya does In this video and then I weigh and take the volume and analyze it (if it’s plastic) using FTIR analysis. Plastic is most prevalent in our freshwater streams and riparian zones. It’s important to get the community involved like this and get people excited to pick up trash. ❤
I live by the ocean and I take a lot of walks, unfortunately every time I walk on the beach it becomes a bit of a trash clean up project. I wish more people felt the obligation to keep nature clean, so thanks for doing this.
You need to make this an event with viewers or other streamers. Probably nice to watch a competition of who collects most trash in an hour from polluted locations or something like that(a hidden bottle count for bonus points would be a funny throwback).
I hope you got the recognition you deserved while doing this! My Dad had us picking up trash any time we went on a walk/hike. Hated it when I was young but it is a great habit to get in to and the occasional gratitude from strangers is always nice
I used to do highway cleanup once a month with my high school environmental club. It was so sad to see the accumulation of litter every month but felt good to know there were people like us doing something about it! Thank you for being such an awesome advocate for animals and the environment Maya
Maya, I really really appreciate that you also explaned so much about how trash effects wildlife, it is great because lot's of people don't know about it.... thank you sooo much for being such a good teacher! Also I LOVED your chicken boots!
This honestly inspired me, I think when you’ve got nothing else to do, spending some time going out and hanging out with friends, chatting, maybe drinking, and just picking up trash and casually cleaning genuinely sounds really fun
I read online some cultures eat tadpoles. Also that tadpoles are an easy indicator of water health. I’d totally eat a nicely prepared tadpole. It’s sad how ducks get their necks trapped in round plastic things like soda can holders so always cut the rings before you throw them away.
hey wow thanks for cleaning up that rain wash area...i work at the "grocery store" and have to see it everyday...the city is supposed to take care of that area but fail to do so...plus the trash from that area just gets blown around easily but again thanks
The white duck is a domestic duck probably dumped there. They often swim around with native duckos till they pass cause they don't know how to fend for themselves in the wild. You can usually take them home legally provided you take care of them properly. Love the channel! Keep up the good work ☺️
I've never seen or heard anyone work so hard for the love of other beings than your team on your channel. I love your mission and wish you love. Thank you for showing people how to love the world we live in.
maya thank you so so much for this! your effort matters and im so happy i found ur channel. i pickup in suburban areas. there is so much more there but everything ends up in nature so even if you cannot go to a wildlife area like this go in ur neighbor hood !!!
I can't believe there's people out there that litter like this and I'm over here not wanting to dump anything liquid that isn't pure water onto the ground
just wanted to say this video was a big reason i finally got a metal water bottle and stopped going through like... at least 5 plastic ones a day? love what u do keep it up :3
near where i work is a quays like body or water and every year loads of ducks, geese, swans and other birds use it. at the moment in the area where the water meets the land its full of trash and its also the same area they like to stand. a few weeks ago i was visiting and saw geese nibbling at literally polystyrene. so i took all of and binned it. ive wanted to go back with some bin bags and a grabber stick and clear the whole thing and i think now seeing you and how easy it is i think ill do it :) i love all that you do and the positive messages you share Xx
Honestly not weird at all that it's satisfying and rewarding - someone should make one of those cleanup games like power washer / house flipper, but instead you're picking up trash and cleaning up nature. Secretly encourage people to do it for real! Same dopamine hit, but you're also making the world a bit better too, and anyone can do it anytime
Thanks Maya; I remember studying Environmental Toxicology in undergrad and thinking "ah yes there is no escape no matter what" but yeah you still find me at the lakeshore clean-up. Its every little bit that counts, and quitting is the only real failure
I love watching a whole stream when something happens and then still watching the whole video when it comes out. Thanks for helping the animals and environment, Maya ❤
They should really adopt scandinavias pant system, aka you pay 10cents when you buy a plastic beverage etc, but you get it back when you return it to a center that reuse the plastics etc.
This is the right shit to do! I do this everytime I camp out, the surrounding area where I'm camping gets cleaned when I setup camp and as I leave. Whenever I visit the villages up in the mountains, I pick up their trash and show the kids what to do. Some people would laugh at me, thinking I'm crazy. When actually, they are the ones who are going crazy allowing their place turn into a garbage dump. Clean up and stop using so much plastic. I hope this starts a trend in your community and they start doing this too. I really hope so.
it'd be cool if maya set up a date, like a cleanup day, where everyone went to clean their local area and everyone who wanted to took pics/videos and sent them in for maya to see. Before and after pictures, wildlife pictures (like ducks and such), and weird things they found while cleaning would be so cute. I feel like Maya is the perfect public person to encourage something like that, just this video is making me want to go out and clean up!
Love trash cleanups. I do a bit when I can and occasionally do a bit while on walks at my local park. I need reasons to go be active and it helps. People are pretty big on being gentle with the local ecology though. We have protected wetlands areas and they're literally fixing the natural erotion so the animals don't lose their habitat. I regularly try to help my local wildlife and I'm friends with the wildlife rescue. I had to bring a couple birds with hurt wings in, they caught on my porch during storms because the lightening is worse than ever. Also had a lot of smoke issues from wildfires up North this year. I'm slightly asthmatic and was full on wheezing for like 2 weeks this year. It was bad.
in the Netherlands (and in Germany aswell, Belgium I think does it too) we pay a deposit for things like cans and plastic and glass bottles. we get the money back by bringing it to a store or anywhere where there is a collection point. we even have collection points on big train stations! there're still people that just throw that stuff out and it still ends up in nature sometimes, but it has cut down on pollution significantly. in general the Netherlands recycling system is pretty good, at most supermarkets there are big collector trash cans where you can throw away other types of glass that don't have deposits and its even sorted into different colour groups. a lot of supermarkets also have paper disposals and other plastic disposals.
used to do clean ups here in socal at the beaches and waterways LA river etc. often when i was younger. watching this i realised i havent in years. fosho gonna find some local volunteer groups and start again. its super satisfying like maya said and i hope all who read this comment at least give it a go, meet super dope ppl too
On the topic of micro-plastics affecting us; I've read that there hasn't been a living person found in over ten years who doesn't have plastic found in their bloodstream. Not sure of the validity but plausible enough to be spooky!
if I didn't have mobility issues and it wasn't actively snowing outside, I would go do this right now. I wish I could contribute more sometimes but for now I'll just have to support those who do
MAN seeing american festivals aftermath is horrific, ive been to plenty of big festivals with basically empty fields afterwards - only the mud trails from where people were walking are left. jesus christ man - though i havent gone to glastonbury, i can imagine that's not so great
Thank you for all of your efforts to help wildlife. You are an amazing voice for the voiceless. I suggest...you really should organize local area clean-ups. There is so much trash there and I have to think that many people would be willing to show up to help you get this done quicker (and could be done weekly, monthly, whenever you find a spot that needs it). I live in Central Texas and I would absolutely be willing to help out this amazing cause. Also, while those silica packets have no business in nature, they are chemically inert and not toxic (but, because they don't break down, are absolutely a choking hazard and can cause blockages which kill animals when eaten).
i remember for part of my animal studies certificate we necropsied 4 young shearwater birds. all of them had small pieces of plastic clogging their gizzards. it was the season where they would have been just old enough to go off on their first flight, they wouldve only just left the burrows, meaning that plastic had gotten into them because their parents had ate it first. its incredible and deeply distressing just how far one piece of plastic can go and how much damage it can do.
One of my favourite things to do with friends is to go and explore now places. And we take a couple of bin bags with us so that we can clean up all the new places we go to
As a fisherman, I have a personal rule of filling one trashbag per trip. I find tons of fishing line and it drives me nuts. Too many times I have found some poorwildlife tangles and dead in it.
thats so based
Thats fucking awesome man keep up the good work
i have a question though how often is it a snapped line that being left out there because the fisherman cant get it back (say the fish swims off with it) and how often is it people throwing the line away in your opinion
@@spyrorocks55 if it's from a snag or lost fish, it's short and rarely found. The vast majority of what I find looks like either someone changed line on site or had to cut out a severe backlash. So probably 85% or more is intentional garbage.
thats so slay of you
I’m a simple man. I see frog. I click
same
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I see maya i click tbh
I am a simple wooman. I see frog. I also click
Same 🦍
I did a trash clean up at the beach for a school project and it wasn't the nicest day out but the peace of mind that it gave me was surreal. I do one once a month at least now. 10/10 would recommend
I love that in Germany we pay a deposit of 0.25 for each bottle. You better believe that they get returned, or collected by those needing the money. At large fairs people make hundreds of Euros picking up the bottles left laying around.
Some US states do something like that, unfortunately the number has gone down a lot over the years because few felt that it was worth the effort. I live in one of the maybe five states that still recycles plastic bottles and cans on a large scale and people unfortunately do still litter. I'd say the biggest difference is made at parties and gatherings though, there's usually a bag provided just for bottles.
We need WAY more content creators like Maya who make important educational content actually fun and cool
Lindsay Nikole and Urban Rescue Ranch are my go to TH-cam channels for animal education besides Maya
@@Septimus-037 omg yes i watch both of those channels too
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And for reptiles I highly recommend Snake Discovery and Clint's Reptiles :D
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please grab a couple of friends/youtubers and do this again! have a competition on who can collect the most bags of trash! can even be several groups of youtubers doing it around where they live. It would be cool and fun to watch someone like Ludwig getting hella competitive about it
Yes! And this will set a positive example. If we're going to have influencers, we should try to have influencers with a positive influence like Maya!
Winner gets raided by all the participants, or something. 👍
Nmplol did a trash cleanup competition with his community, twas great
this actually sounds like a great idea
see if you can get all of OTK to participate!
Microplastics are a huge problem. I worked on research when I was in college that was about how microplastics were in our rivers and it was crazy how many there were but also how big and small they were. People need to get educated about types of plastics and how they impact the environment and also how to recycle them! Not all plastics are made equal and actually mixing some types of plastics makes them uneligible to be recycled due to the recycling process not being able to handle mixed streams. Stay sustainable everyone!
Always hear about microplastics, they're everywhere and in everything but I never see anything solid about health effects they actually cause? Surely if they were like, lead/asbestos level bad we would have studies showing their effects by now? Obviously large chunks in animal stomachs are a disaster but when they're microscopic? What if that is an inert state for plastic to exist in, and if we're lucky in years to come after sufficient bans on production of said plastics come in we realize the microplastics are the state we want them to be in?
You're doing fantastic work Maya! What you're doing here is turning an abstract issue like pollution into a clear image of why it's so important to be better for our environment! I never knew that some animals can absorb toxins directly through their skins, and that drove home much more than anything else I've ever seen why we need to keep our waters clean.
Some toxins we can absorb through our skin as well, I guess it all just depends on the skin, the toxin and the dosage. Better not to play guess with nature this way.
I despise people who litter. What's worse is that a lot of the times the stuff we put in our recycle bins ends up in the same place as regular trash. Really burns my britches.
the beach and hills in my area are completely clean. you have to go there by crossing a pedestrian-only bridge. my city invested in stands with paper trash bags and put huge dumpsters in there. everyone takes this bag when they are going there just because it's so convenient - it's easier to take your trash in a separate, handy bag, than try to take it yourself or remember to pack your own trash bag. it's such an easy way to take care of this gorgeous area, I wish it was more common, especially outside EU.
May I ask which city? And that sounds awesome!
My friends and I did this when we were teens at a local park. There was so much trash in the creek that flowed through. It took a few weeks but at the end, there was no more trash, and everyone was so happy to see the park clean. The wildlife started moving back in, and as far as I know, the amount of trash in the park has been very minimal since, and its been 10 years. Sometimes all it takes is for people to see how nice a space can be, to want to keep it that way.
This isn’t related to the trash, but I carved pumpkins on my patio and the roaches have been hard at work helping to clean up the mess I made and I’m very thankful that you helped reframe their usefulness and reduced my overall fear 💜
I saw a bunch of cockroaches while I was walking outside last night and I found myself less scared. Was actually rooting for them!
I basically did this a few months ago. Went on a walk in a local park and was so enraged by the litter everywhere that the next day I woke up at 6am and spent 3 hours litter picking and it was so satisfying
We need more people like her.
Also i love frogs
We honestly do yeah
We can the people like her .
we need to be people like her :)
i used to work for Parks and Rec and half of our job was just trash clean up from waterways, trails, or our parks. It was crazy the amount of cigeret buds and plastic bottles we would throw away. It was eye opening and very angering just in our small area how much trash effected wildlife in the area.
fair play to you for getting out and clearing up. You should use your audience to get something organised! Well done champ.
in the vod someone asked to do a big event clean up with the community but its unsafe for her to meet up with fans like that so its unlikely to happen
@lilbunno6449 Once again, humanity is a problem in many ways. Littering the earth, and so untrustworthy to where meet ups with people aren't possible.
@@lilbunno6449 the community could still do it without her though! I mean that's the point really, inspiring other people to get involved and do their own things
@@cactustacticsme just watching this video has made me want to go out and do this so even her just making this video will have a positive impact
@@cactustactics absolutely, i just thought they meant as in like stage a big community event where she would like host smth
I do agree that trash picking can be both fun, educational and completely essential if wanna sustain life on the planet.
What u did in this video is what I do for a living in Sweden. Clean forests, nature parks and so on 5 days a week.
So love to here someone els talk and explain why its needed so much for our future to exist.
My neighbor picks up trash every time she goes walking and inspired me to get my own setup to do the same. Also I love picking up any trash on the beach beforehand as a thank you to Mother Earth as well as supporting more fun in the sand later. Thanks for sharing!
Would love an Alveus eco friendly water bottle!
this is the stream that got me to pester the priest i work for to form a church group with our congregation to clean up places in our area :) very fulfilling!!
What I like about this channel and its content is that it has taught me so many things that I was not aware of!! Where I'm from you don't get as much education about nature and how INCREDIBLY important it is to preserve it or how we can contribute by doing "little things", so thank you very much for educating me :)
This is great. I study trash for my graduate degree. I call myself a garbologist and people laugh but it’s real! I do what maya does In this video and then I weigh and take the volume and analyze it (if it’s plastic) using FTIR analysis. Plastic is most prevalent in our freshwater streams and riparian zones. It’s important to get the community involved like this and get people excited to pick up trash. ❤
Maya is on of those person who really deserve there succes so much a true inspiration you can look up to
Binging maya videos and managed to catch one on time! GOOD JOB MAYA!!!🎉
I live by the ocean and I take a lot of walks, unfortunately every time I walk on the beach it becomes a bit of a trash clean up project. I wish more people felt the obligation to keep nature clean, so thanks for doing this.
You need to make this an event with viewers or other streamers. Probably nice to watch a competition of who collects most trash in an hour from polluted locations or something like that(a hidden bottle count for bonus points would be a funny throwback).
I hope you got the recognition you deserved while doing this! My Dad had us picking up trash any time we went on a walk/hike. Hated it when I was young but it is a great habit to get in to and the occasional gratitude from strangers is always nice
There's an annual beach cleanup here that my friends and I sign up for every year, it's actually a lot of fun.
i think i'm going to try this on the stream by my house. play some tunes, save some frogs🐸
just be ready to hate humanity lol
you're such a genuine soul..... sending hugs 🤗
Maya, over the years I have really grown to respect you and your humanity. Keep fighting the good fight and spreading the message!
I used to do highway cleanup once a month with my high school environmental club. It was so sad to see the accumulation of litter every month but felt good to know there were people like us doing something about it! Thank you for being such an awesome advocate for animals and the environment Maya
Oh my gosh the thumbnail photo is so beautiful! Happy to see frogs getting their home cleaned up🤭
You’re just a genuinely good person. Beautiful on the inside and out Maya. Thanks for doing all you do. You lead an inspiring life.
Maya, I really really appreciate that you also explaned so much about how trash effects wildlife, it is great because lot's of people don't know about it.... thank you sooo much for being such a good teacher! Also I LOVED your chicken boots!
This honestly inspired me, I think when you’ve got nothing else to do, spending some time going out and hanging out with friends, chatting, maybe drinking, and just picking up trash and casually cleaning genuinely sounds really fun
Good job Maya! Save the frogs!!!
Maya youre literally my favorite person
Who just….has fun helping the environment these days. Love it
I read online some cultures eat tadpoles. Also that tadpoles are an easy indicator of water health. I’d totally eat a nicely prepared tadpole. It’s sad how ducks get their necks trapped in round plastic things like soda can holders so always cut the rings before you throw them away.
hey wow thanks for cleaning up that rain wash area...i work at the "grocery store" and have to see it everyday...the city is supposed to take care of that area but fail to do so...plus the trash from that area just gets blown around easily but again thanks
I’m really glad that you were out there, inspiring good behavior, I hope
The white duck is a domestic duck probably dumped there. They often swim around with native duckos till they pass cause they don't know how to fend for themselves in the wild. You can usually take them home legally provided you take care of them properly. Love the channel! Keep up the good work ☺️
As Uncle dad Ben says, they're free !
@aydadae7337 big ounce is my hero 😭
Maya the cleaner and Maya the Trashwoman goes so hard
I've never seen or heard anyone work so hard for the love of other beings than your team on your channel. I love your mission and wish you love. Thank you for showing people how to love the world we live in.
maya thank you so so much for this! your effort matters and im so happy i found ur channel. i pickup in suburban areas. there is so much more there but everything ends up in nature so even if you cannot go to a wildlife area like this go in ur neighbor hood !!!
I can't believe there's people out there that litter like this and I'm over here not wanting to dump anything liquid that isn't pure water onto the ground
just wanted to say this video was a big reason i finally got a metal water bottle and stopped going through like... at least 5 plastic ones a day? love what u do keep it up :3
near where i work is a quays like body or water and every year loads of ducks, geese, swans and other birds use it. at the moment in the area where the water meets the land its full of trash and its also the same area they like to stand. a few weeks ago i was visiting and saw geese nibbling at literally polystyrene. so i took all of and binned it. ive wanted to go back with some bin bags and a grabber stick and clear the whole thing and i think now seeing you and how easy it is i think ill do it :)
i love all that you do and the positive messages you share Xx
wholesome, thank you.
i do this at my local parks, but find needles and beer most because i live in a rough area.
In germany those pöastic bottles are 25ct deposit each. Even if someone throws them away, they get picked up quick.
It's heartwarming that some content that is being created is actually good for the world. Thank you for being awesome ❤
I really appreciate your videos, Maya. You're doing great work.
Honestly not weird at all that it's satisfying and rewarding - someone should make one of those cleanup games like power washer / house flipper, but instead you're picking up trash and cleaning up nature. Secretly encourage people to do it for real! Same dopamine hit, but you're also making the world a bit better too, and anyone can do it anytime
I had a photo of a tiny frog sitting perfectly on the end of a drill bit in a drill. Frogs can have a human voice.
Thanks Maya; I remember studying Environmental Toxicology in undergrad and thinking "ah yes there is no escape no matter what" but yeah you still find me at the lakeshore clean-up. Its every little bit that counts, and quitting is the only real failure
i truly appreciate the effort u go to maya, ty! 💚
It’s honestly sad seeing that much trash in the nature
this makes me so sad :(
I love watching a whole stream when something happens and then still watching the whole video when it comes out. Thanks for helping the animals and environment, Maya ❤
You're one of the good ones, Maya.
The minion bag was absolutely devious.
This was great, and inspiring and uplifting, and you're amazing for doing it. Thank you for being you.
Never seen her before. I love what shes doing and shes pretty. Cool
They should really adopt scandinavias pant system, aka you pay 10cents when you buy a plastic beverage etc, but you get it back when you return it to a center that reuse the plastics etc.
Wont solve it, but then its atleast going in the right direction :3
"Maya finds a dead body for once"
I love the error sound effect from Half-Life 2 at 1:06. Real gamers know it when they see it!
This is the right shit to do! I do this everytime I camp out, the surrounding area where I'm camping gets cleaned when I setup camp and as I leave. Whenever I visit the villages up in the mountains, I pick up their trash and show the kids what to do. Some people would laugh at me, thinking I'm crazy. When actually, they are the ones who are going crazy allowing their place turn into a garbage dump. Clean up and stop using so much plastic. I hope this starts a trend in your community and they start doing this too. I really hope so.
Awesome video Maya, both action wise and educational!
So thoroughly awesome, thank you, Maya.
it'd be cool if maya set up a date, like a cleanup day, where everyone went to clean their local area and everyone who wanted to took pics/videos and sent them in for maya to see. Before and after pictures, wildlife pictures (like ducks and such), and weird things they found while cleaning would be so cute. I feel like Maya is the perfect public person to encourage something like that, just this video is making me want to go out and clean up!
Love trash cleanups. I do a bit when I can and occasionally do a bit while on walks at my local park. I need reasons to go be active and it helps. People are pretty big on being gentle with the local ecology though. We have protected wetlands areas and they're literally fixing the natural erotion so the animals don't lose their habitat.
I regularly try to help my local wildlife and I'm friends with the wildlife rescue. I had to bring a couple birds with hurt wings in, they caught on my porch during storms because the lightening is worse than ever. Also had a lot of smoke issues from wildfires up North this year. I'm slightly asthmatic and was full on wheezing for like 2 weeks this year. It was bad.
I just wanna say that the editing of this video is top tier.
in the Netherlands (and in Germany aswell, Belgium I think does it too) we pay a deposit for things like cans and plastic and glass bottles. we get the money back by bringing it to a store or anywhere where there is a collection point. we even have collection points on big train stations! there're still people that just throw that stuff out and it still ends up in nature sometimes, but it has cut down on pollution significantly. in general the Netherlands recycling system is pretty good, at most supermarkets there are big collector trash cans where you can throw away other types of glass that don't have deposits and its even sorted into different colour groups. a lot of supermarkets also have paper disposals and other plastic disposals.
used to do clean ups here in socal at the beaches and waterways LA river etc. often when i was younger. watching this i realised i havent in years. fosho gonna find some local volunteer groups and start again. its super satisfying like maya said and i hope all who read this comment at least give it a go, meet super dope ppl too
Thank you for brining this idea into our MINDS! 🙏🏻
On the topic of micro-plastics affecting us; I've read that there hasn't been a living person found in over ten years who doesn't have plastic found in their bloodstream. Not sure of the validity but plausible enough to be spooky!
You're awesome Maya.
Now if only companies could do the same thing! Thank you Maya very cool!!!
Maya is the best, we need more Mayas
You're amazing. Keep doing your thing. Inspirational.
Oh! I know exactly where this is. I recognized it by the BJ's and the construction on that building. I used to work really close to there.
if I didn't have mobility issues and it wasn't actively snowing outside, I would go do this right now. I wish I could contribute more sometimes but for now I'll just have to support those who do
Absolutely legend you are Maya love the vids you Mrs have a new subscriber
MAN seeing american festivals aftermath is horrific, ive been to plenty of big festivals with basically empty fields afterwards - only the mud trails from where people were walking are left. jesus christ man - though i havent gone to glastonbury, i can imagine that's not so great
12:37 maya, ur soo gread, but idk if it was my ocd, but my mind was screaming at that piece of trash behind you when you said "this is the last piece"
Skunk socks so that no one can blame you for stinky feet, it's just more accurate
"Trash Picker Upper" - Maya Higa, CEO
Thank you for all of your efforts to help wildlife. You are an amazing voice for the voiceless. I suggest...you really should organize local area clean-ups. There is so much trash there and I have to think that many people would be willing to show up to help you get this done quicker (and could be done weekly, monthly, whenever you find a spot that needs it). I live in Central Texas and I would absolutely be willing to help out this amazing cause.
Also, while those silica packets have no business in nature, they are chemically inert and not toxic (but, because they don't break down, are absolutely a choking hazard and can cause blockages which kill animals when eaten).
Wow this was very sweet. Some of my humanity was restored
the editing is sooo goood gawd damnn, also maya is an angel
Common Maya W being able to teach people about how to protect wildlife with none of the annoyingness and all the entertainment
love this video. made me buy one of those grabbers to keep in my car in case i come across trash while im on the beach or something
0:10 That felt like a personal attack lol. It hurts so bad cause its true.
It feels good to be seen
10/10 need to normalise doing this as a fun hang out with friends
Love you Maya. Keep up the awesome work and Love.
I love Maya's low rent Lara Croft costume, just in time for Halloween!
i remember for part of my animal studies certificate we necropsied 4 young shearwater birds. all of them had small pieces of plastic clogging their gizzards. it was the season where they would have been just old enough to go off on their first flight, they wouldve only just left the burrows, meaning that plastic had gotten into them because their parents had ate it first.
its incredible and deeply distressing just how far one piece of plastic can go and how much damage it can do.
I usually have a reuseable water canteen but this video alone has convinced me to never touch a plastic waterbottle ever again
She genuinely looks so good now with the new hairstyle.
One of my favourite things to do with friends is to go and explore now places. And we take a couple of bin bags with us so that we can clean up all the new places we go to