The UK alone may use 10 million disposable items each day, though more sustainable alternatives are available.
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Too many small yachts and speedboats are simply being abandoned to shed toxins and microplastics into the sea.
We found plastic waste in pellets seabirds regurgitated and lining the nests where they raise chicks.
Plastic flows to the world’s waterbodies could double over the next two decades.
New research reveals how roads channel microplastics from car tires and brake pads to remote ocean habitats.
Pandemic precautions have given new life to disposable plastic products, which the industry claims are more ‘hygienic’ than reusables. But critics say there’s no scientific evidence this is so.
Our research on a remote Antarctic island found microplastics in the intestines of tiny animals.
To inner west Sydneysiders, the Cooks River is known to be particularly polluted. But after a storm, microplastic particles increased more than 40 fold.
A media study of public criticism of plastic reveals that stigmatisation may result in limited bans, it leaves the vast majority of plastic production and pollution unexplored.
Many sustainability-conscious people now find their cupboards stocked with plastic bottles of hand sanitiser, disposable wipes and takeaway food containers.
Even recycled plastics still end up in landfill with our current system.
Releasing balloons at weddings and other celebrations is festive, until they break into pieces and become plastic pollution. A citizen science project is spotlighting the problem.
New research from Australia’s national science agency shows a huge amount of ocean plastic ends up on land, where it gets trapped.
Stikeez, the latest collection of plastic collectables from Coles, flies in the face of the company’s plan to become Australia’s most sustainable supermarket.
Many studies find microplastics have important negative effects on animals, but others don’t.
Ghana needs to make use of the fact that people are environmentally conscious.
Nigeria’s government must encourage citizens to embrace a system where plastic never become waste.
The fossil fuel industry plans to compensate for declining demand for gasoline by flooding the world with more plastic.
During his week in the United States, the PM tied himself to Trump to a remarkable degree. Though, the Washington days were better than later appearances, which saw Morrison open the China debate.
While a new report from the IPCC highlights the need for urgent climate change action, Morrison used his address to the UN to strongly defend the government’s performance on climate change.
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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
