There is another spill happening every day, all over the world. Plastic, derived from crude oil, is leaking into the ocean at a staggering rate. Unlike oil spills, it doesn’t strike in one-off events that dominate the news, it’s happening slowly and steadily in background.
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The slow and steady oil spill: Plastic Pollution
There is another spill happening every day, all over the world. Plastic, derived from crude oil, is leaking into the ocean at a staggering rate. Unlike oil spills, it doesn’t strike in one-off events that dominate the news, it’s happening slowly and steadily in background.
PPSS on The Plastics Treaty; Tackling ubiquitous pollutants with a unified approach
Plastic is a ubiquitous pollutant which transcends borders. Tackling this prolific pollutant means stopping plastic pollution at its source through collaborative efforts. The Global Plastics Treaty is the biggest environmental deal since the 2015 Paris climate agreement; some of our networks responses to the treaty in this news article.
Floating sensors predict where plastic will wash up on Galapagos beaches
Oceanographers Erik van Sebille and Stefanie Ympa from Utrecht University are developing a predictive app that lets the Galapagos National Park remove plastic from beaches as it washes up.
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