Bezos aside - the idea that established facts don’t change is flawed - we should all be open to adjusting our views when the information changes.

A local-to-global emissions inventory of macroplastic pollution - Nature A global macroplastic pollution emissions inventory and methodology is developed using machine learning and probabilistic material flow analysis, to identify hotspots across more than 50,000 muni...

Hi @danirabaiotti.bsky.social - I’m sure you’re very busy. Webpage suggested to nudge if I haven’t heard for a while so any chance you can add me? I am into plastic pollution - sort of engineering / geography / waste stuff

Recent paper:
doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Orcid: orcid.org/0000-0003-39...

Yeah I don’t think the alliance has it right - agreed impacts are wider but that chart shows mass - they can’t clean up material which isn’t in the environment..

Not sure that graph is a fair and scientifically objective representation. I would compare ‘emissions’ with ‘cleaned up’ (whatever that means). It’ll still be comparatively small, but with more credibility.

Increasing the visibility of the informal waste sector as part of a pathway towards a Just Transition | GRID-Arendal The informal recycling sector plays a pivotal role in delivering waste management services worldwide, particularly in countries where formal waste management systems are poorly organized or non-existe...

#wastepickers make a huge contribution to the global #circulareconomy, collecting >100 million t waste / year, mainly in the #GlobalSouth where #wastemanagement systems are lacking. Our new publication calls for increased visibility & protection for these entrepreneurs.
www.grida.no/publications...

OK fully agree with that - my own discipline (plastic pollution) is awash with ideologically driven nonsense. But back to the article - which I am rer-reading now - I think it broadly supports what you say!

Wait, 'being political' could mean different things - clearly creating science to achieve ideological political objectives is corrupt, but making science to inform policy is our MO - personally I'm attacked by groups which I associate with left.... we agree good science is the solution :)

Scientists as political advocates Science, both teaching and doing, is under attack. The recent US presidential election of a person and platform with anti-science bias exemplifies this. The study of climate processes and patterns and...

Wondering what credibility is eroding. I just read the article - doi.org/10.1126/scie.... It looks quite reasonable. As a scientist, I work hard to inform the political process and I try to keep politicians and policy advocates as honest as they can. I think this article supports that notion.

Hi - I work in plastic pollution modelling - sources and fates - not really aligned with any of the listed topics - we fall roughly into engineering / geography disciplines - my ORCID is orcid.org/0000-0003-39... - I would like to be a part of one group or another :)