Excellent explainer of where we are now and what the UK government could do to prevent #PlasticPollution. Click here to read: 👇

https://www.if.org.uk/2023/06/13/plastics-pollution-and-intergenerational-fairness/

#intergenerationalfairness #futuregenerations #youngpeople #grandchildren #plasticpollution #environment #pollution #pollutionprevention #unitednations #sustainability #Earth #plasticspollution

https://www.wired.com/story/microplastics-are-polluting-the-ocean-at-a-shocking-rate/ 😳😳😳 Mother Earth is crying. #plasticspollution ❤️🌍❤️

They're killing us

#PlasticsPollution

https://phys.org/news/2023-02-alarm-microplastic-pollution.html

Plastics are the Petroleum industry's backup plan to kill us all if we somehow survive automobile slavery.

#plasticchemicals
#PlasticsPollution

https://www.wtae.com/article/east-palestine-ohio-train-wreck/42768369#

Instead of recycling, we should just airdrop on top of ExxonMobil

#plasticsucks
#PlasticsPollution

https://gizmodo.com/just-20-companies-create-55-of-plastic-waste-1846925916

It was a absolute pleasure to talk to @soapyrao@twitter.com about #plasticspollution and be part of his Podcast with a raw conversation style! Thanks for hosting me! You can listen in

Spotify: http://tinyurl.com/mp64uhef
Google Podcast: http://tinyurl.com/57ra4u9t
YouTube: http://youtu.be/QFyU5pYx7pA

Maddening, frustrating, then comes some form of capitulation. #Thailand generates millions of tonnes of #plasticspollution annually w/mismgmnt leading to ltd. traceable #plasticswaste #importation(??), and repeat #corporate #environmental violations poisoning rivers, and plantable soils w/nary a 'wrist slap.' #RuleofLaw and clarity of proper govt. legal/reg. purview w/out ministry #COI, or #corruption is what is required for effctv. #governance & #accountability. #SDG16
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/cna-insider/thailand-plastic-waste-import-problem-ocean-waterways-3132251

2nd only to #China as a #global source of #marine #plasticspollution, #Indonesia generates ~8 million tonnes of #plasticswaste per year (>50% mismanaged), while 13 intertwining rivers in #Jakarta incl. the #Cituram (world's most polluted) are filled w/ #solidwaste ~75% of which is #plastics. That's ~10g per capita, and adds up fast given the city's 10 million residents. This dubious distinction for city & nation further tarnishes the #ASEAN region.
https://www.eco-business.com/news/plastic-accounts-for-three-fourths-of-waste-choking-jakartas-rivers/
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/06/indonesia-should-take-a-leadership-role-in-the-global-plastics-treaty-commentary/

A 2021 Ocean Conservancy report referencing Jambeck et. al. (2015) found 5 nations responsible for 50% of #global #ocean #plasticspollution, 4 from #ASEAN. It argues that #wastepicking by ISCs offer a plausible way to reduce maritime plastics pollution, but to do so requires improved structural mechanisms, e.g., access to formal financial tools/incentives and workforce protections against plastics processing profiteers, as well govt.-mandated #LVP price stabilisation.
https://pacecircular.org/sites/default/files/2021-02/FINAL-Informal-Sector-Report_compressed.pdf

RT @Meeratweets@twitter.com

Global outrage about #PlasticsPollution is one thing. Creating a scientifically robust framework that makes a global #PlasticsTreaty meaningful & measurable is another. How close are we? I sought out researchers to find out. @Nature@twitter.com.#INC1 https://buff.ly/3Gy1Mo2

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Meeratweets/status/1596873996854644736

Global outrage about #PlasticsPollution is one thing. Creating a scientifically robust framework that makes a global #PlasticsTreaty meaningful & measurable is another. How close are we? I sought out researchers to find out. @Nature@twitter.com.#INC1 https://buff.ly/3Gy1Mo2

Why #recycling plastics is not working? and do we have to re-consider the definition of #plastics and #plasticspollution? @rebecca_altman@twitter.com talks about the dumpster fire that recycling is in @TheTakeaway@twitter.com podcast. Don't miss it!

That woman! That figure…. 😍! Today @BCarneyAlmroth@twitter.com presented #plasticspollution and #planetaryboundaries at @marine_plastic@twitter.com conference in Copenhagen.

RT @KristianSyberg@twitter.com

Great presentation by @BCarneyAlmroth@twitter.com, talking about #planetaryboundaries and #plasticpollution at our @marine_plastic@twitter.com conference

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/KristianSyberg/status/1592083587633143808

#Plasticspollution nerdy Friday! Commuting today will be way more interesting @BCarneyAlmroth@twitter.com :)

RT @BCarneyAlmroth@twitter.com

Calling all #scienceHistory #PlasticPollution and #PlanetaryBoundary nerds!

I recorded a podcast with the lovely and knowledgeable @frankvonhippel@twitter.com, and we discussed everything from #plastics to #CFCs to #CigaretteButts. Have a listen!

@sci_history@twitter.com
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/science-history-podcast/id1325288920

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BCarneyAlmroth/status/1590980741218930688

The main narrative about #plasticspollution tells us that this is a waste problem, which leads to the creation of solutions that focus and target end-of-life waste management and consumer behavior. In short: they are ultimately created to blame consumers.

"Re-framing plastics pollution to include social, ecological and policy perspectives" is out in @NatRevEarthEnv@twitter.com. With @BCarneyAlmroth@twitter.com and @SarahLizCornell@twitter.com

#plasticspollution #planetaryboundaries #social #ecological @sthlmresilience@twitter.com @Stockholm_Uni@twitter.com @goteborgsuni@twitter.com

Thanks @IUCN_Plastics@twitter.com.

#plasticspollution is a systemic problem that have the capacity to exacerbate all other #planetarybpundary threats.

With @BCarneyAlmroth@twitter.com @SarahLizCornell@twitter.com @morten_ryberg@twitter.com and Marcus Eriksen.

What are the health impacts of those cleaning up the #plasticspollution? @andresdelcas@twitter.com talked to a waste picker leader. Reality: dialysis treatments and lung cancer. More efforts and baselines on health studies - from fossil fuel extraction to product end-life #plastictreaty