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A plastic bag has an average usage time of 20 minutes, while it can take up to 1000 years to break down in the environment.
A floating park made from discarded plastic in Rotterdam could spark new thinking on how we manage waste.
The world is waking up to the plastic pollution crisis. Here’s how you can wake up on Christmas morning to a more sustainable holiday.
While the world gathers to negotiate on climate change, governments must recognise the public desire for action on plastic pollution and work together to solve it.
Cleaning up plastic pollution in the ocean is good – and long overdue. But where will the waste go? Recycling isn’t always an option. Bacteria and enzymes could process it, raising new questions.
Mosquitoes are transferring microplastics eaten in water into birds and other non-marine animals.
South Africa needs to strengthen its response to plastic pollution.
When it comes to the geological record, airbrushing out humans’ impact on the environment makes little sense.
Every day we throw away plastic and every day we’re reminded of its environmental impact. Why can’t something be done about it?
Tech fixes to environmental problems are guaranteed to grab attention, but real change for the planet requires community organising.
Fast-food restaurants and coffee shops are banishing the straw. While it may seem like a small measure, your pessimism isn’t justified.
New Zealand is home to more seabirds than any other country, and many species are already under pressure from climate change and over-fishing. Plastic pollution could push some closer to the brink.
If we are truly invested in addressing the issue of marine plastic and offsetting the potential harms, we have to understand which fish eat plastic and which ones don’t.
Microplastics in seafood are well recorded but there are many other sources.
Ocean plastic has gained notoriety, but we’re starting to realize that microplastics pollute our freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems too.
Truly green plastic requires more than sustainable raw materials.
Tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean each year, but a switch away from petroleum-based products to bio-derived and degradable composites could lessen marine pollution.
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Professor of Ocean Policy and Economy, University of Portsmouth
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Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO
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Professor of Geography and Environmental Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Professor, School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University
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Professor of Sustainable Development, Keele University
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Research Chair, Indigenous Approaches to Environmental Management, Keele University
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Lead Researcher - Global Plastics Policy Centre, University of Portsmouth
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Senior Lecturer in Sustainability and the Built Environment, University of Portsmouth
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Research Fellow in Circular Economy Systems, University of Leeds
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Research Professor Ecotoxicology, North-West University
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PhD Student, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto
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Postdoctoral researcher CSIRO, CSIRO
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Professor in Forensic and Environmental Science, Staffordshire University
