Since coining the term microplastics 20 years ago on May 7 2004, Richard Thompson reflects on the progress being made to halt plastic pollution.
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Humans rely on the ocean for food, jobs and other resources, but these systems are being stressed to the brink.
Representatives of 175 countries voted to start developing a global treaty to reduce plastic waste. Treaties addressing mercury, long-range air pollution and ozone depletion offer some lessons.
An estimated 8 million metric tons of plastic waste enters the ocean each year – equivalent to dumping in a garbage truckload of it every minute. A new report calls on the US to help stem the deluge.
It’s great to see the federal government finally providing clear policy direction for the waste industry. But it’s far from enough to temper the waste crisis.
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Professor of Resource Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Regents' Professor of Art and Design, Georgia State University
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Senior Research Officer, BehaviourWorks Australia (Monash Sustainable Development Institute), Monash University
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Professor of Business Law and Ethics, Indiana University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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Associate Professor of International Studies, Indiana University
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Director, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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