There is so much to say about plastic pollution. Why are we not talking about it?
In a review of Matt Simon's book 'A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies', Bertie Harrison-Broninski asks whether plastic pollution gets enough attention.
Après moi, le deluge: how a fight over garbage challenged China’s growth model
BY
Ma Tianjie
Ma Tianjie explores how public resistance challenged waste management policies in China as overconsumption pushed pollution to the margins.
Opinion
Privatising space will make emissions soar
BY
D. Raghunandan
Space travel comes with atmospheric risks – and if corporations take over the world beyond our orbit, who will regulate extraterrestrial waste and mining?
Podcasts
Plastics, Politics & law, Waste
Can the world regulate plastics?
Bertie speaks with Plastics Researcher Punyathorn ‘Arm’ Jeungsmarn about the upcoming UN Global Plastic Treaty negotiations.
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