Millions of tons of plastics enter the oceans every year, damaging marine life and ecosystems, but there’s also an economic cost.   Learn more with these briefs on the economic impacts of #PlasticPollution on Caribbean Islands bit.ly/3BaxeVs   #PlasticTreaty

Leader of Kenyan waste pickers: ‘We are the backbone of recycling’ | Plastics | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/20…

WWF calls on governments to ban high-risk plastics ahead of UN treaty #plasticpollution negotiations Negotiators must agree comprehensive and specific binding global rules that can turn the tide on the #plastic pollution crisis ⁦High Ambition Coalition to End Plastic Pollution packaginginsights.com/news/wwf-calls…

Plastic pollution threatens food safety and quality, human health, coastal tourism, and contributes to climate change. 🌊 Our Issues Brief explains how we can tackle #PlasticPollution. ➡️ bit.ly/3nHUxTc IUCN Plastics

Check out UN Environment Programme's #BeatPlasticPollution guide. A brilliant new resource

Counting microplastics on the fluorescence microscope 🔬 These samples are from fiddler crabs in the Philippines, and we're finding large numbers of #microplastics in the stomach and hepatopancreas 🦀 #PlasticPollution #research

Curious to know what happened on day 1 of the #PlasticsTreaty negotiations in Paris? We got you covered! Here’s our daily thread with critical updates, takeaways, and highlights from the negotiations. 🧵 👇

kicking off! #plasticsfuture2023

A great keynote by @BurfordBen in session 1 of #PlasticsFuture2023 Fantastic to hear about the Homes Under the Microscope project and the use of citizen science in microplastic research 🔬

A great talk by Sakcham at #PlasticsFuture2023 Brilliant to hear about the work at NTU Singapore on the microSEAP project, looking at microbial interactions in the #plastisphere

Come visit Jonas Koh at his poster to chat about the plastisphere! Revolution Plastics Institute #plasticsfuture2023

It's great to see the exhibitions on show at #PlasticsFuture2023 This work from students at Faculty of CCI, UoP highlights our work at microSEAP and Centre for Enzyme Innovation, Univ. of Portsmouth, looking at microbes that can break down #plastics 🔬 Revolution Plastics Institute

Amazing workshop “Puppets as enzymes for imagination”. Therapeutic! Revolution Plastics Institute #

How covid influenced policy to curb plastic pollution. @tonyrwalker1 Revolution Plastics Institute #PlasticsFuture2023

A recent report found that of all the plastic waste that ends up on our shorelines, just five items account for the majority of this trash: cigarette butts, food wrappers, beverage bottles, plastic bags, and bottle caps. Read more: newsweek.com/top-plastic-wa…

Plastic pollution goes beyond waste management; it impacts our climate, nature, and health. ♻️🌍 It's a pressing climate issue, a threat to our precious ecosystems, and a risk to human well-being. #GoPlasticFree this month as a sustainable solution. tinyurl.com/5xrfn22s

We are happy to announce that the technical report from our recent RESPONSE workshops on 'Communicating Microplastics: Identifying Inaccuracies, Barriers & Best Practice' is now available on our project website!🎉🎉 Click on the link to learn more! 🌐static1.squarespace.com/static/5f744af…

Just released: "Zero draft" of #PlasticsTreaty. inger andersen called it a crucial moment to #BeatPlasticPollution and encouraged negotiators to pursue a highly ambitious agreement that paves the way to a pollution-free planet. unep.org/inc-plastic-po…

A new study published this month in the International Journal of Molecular Science has tried to understand the long-term health impacts of this phenomenon, and its findings are worrisome. Read more 👇 news.yahoo.com/microplastics-…

First draft of legally binding plastic treaty sparks mixed reaction from environmental campaigners #plastictreaty #plasticpollution businessgreen.com/news/4124009/c…