Plastic pollution knows no borders so beating it requires all nations and all levels of society to play their part. In the wake of COP26, Hellen Omondi of the University of Nairobi in Kenya looks at what can be learned from the successes and failures of East Africa’s efforts to curb plastic waste. It is […]
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Can plastic be usefully addressed as a man-made extension of the carbon life cycle? The University of Surrey’s Dr Noreen O’Meara argues that learning the right lessons from COP26 requires a more contextualised view of the problems of a fossil-fueled economy and a better understanding of what recycling can and cannot do to help solve […]
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The world’s oceans could be our best ally in fighting climate change, so why are we poisoning them with plastic? Dr Andrea Bruce Clayton of the Caribbean Maritime university calls for new dialogue and wider recognition of the need to protect the oceans that are protecting us by absorbing carbon and sustaining the life of […]
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How can environmental activists persuade governments to address the issues of climate change and plastic pollution as the inextricable problems they are? Irene Maithya of Kenya’s Moi University looks at two key figures making waves on opposite sides of the Atlantic. Plastic Pollution Scientists are warning politicians and stakeholders immersed in climate change policy not […]
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In our latest blog on the issues raised by COP26, Dr Francis Oremo of the University of Nairobi explains why addressing plastic pollution and the wider climate crisis requires not just cleaner manufacturing or improved recycling but a complete rethink of our relationship to the planet. The increasingly serious impact of the plastic crisis on […]
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Previous blogs in our COP26 series have outlined the links between plastic pollution and climate change. Here, The University of Surrey’s Shashi Kant Yadav explains why this relationship is actually much deeper and much more insidious than you might have realised. “If plastics were a country, it would be the world’s fifth-largest greenhouse gas emitter, […]
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