Sea change for plastic pollution?

Global efforts to curb plastic pollution are nearing a decisive moment, with negotiations for a binding international treaty entering their final stage. Regardless of the outcome, Australia has a vital opportunity to lead the Indo-Pacific in creating a regional action plan to combat marine plastics.

Saving the seas from plastic pollution

A leading expert in the health impacts of plastic pollution and microplastics is calling on the UN to end the use of toxic chemicals in all plastics, cap and reduce plastic production and argues against a treaty focused on waste management and recycling, as part of an international Plastics Treaty.

Our plastic oceans

New research from CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, and the University of Toronto in Canada, estimates up to 11 million tonnes of plastic pollution is sitting on the ocean floor.