#PlasticsSky

For my #PlasticsSky people!
@anjakrieger.bsky.social & I are super proud of this 2-part podcast on beach cleanups and ocean plastic pollution 🐬🥤

⚠️ Ep 1 is released next week and the one after in 2 wks.

Listen & Learn about the rich, complex history of cleanups from Oregon, 1984 to today.

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And you can keep up with all the chatter about plastics policy + science over on #PlasticsSky: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Tough plastics broken down with common chemical, sunlight, air Engineers in Australia devised a sustainable, low-energy technique to break down plastics via ferric chloride, sunlight and air exposure.

I’m rather skeptical of the claims in this article from August, which I find somewhat confusing. Basically, it claims that some scientists in Australia have found a simpler way to break down certain #plastics using UV light and iron trichloride.

Anyone on #PlasticsSky have any thoughts on it?

Chewing Gum - an overview | ScienceDirect TopicsScienceDirect

1️⃣ Question for #PlasticsSky:
Are petroleum-derived products among the components of chewing gum?

The 🔗ed article says “Gum base is composed of an insoluble gum base (resins, humectants, elastomers, emulsifiers, fillers, waxes, antioxidants, and softeners), sweeteners, and flavoring agents.”

Graphene: UK-Saudi deal to make 'miracle material' at scale A Manchester firm works with Saudi Arabia on a factory producing graphene-enriched carbon fibre.

Question for #PlasticsSky folks. Besides the problem that the graphene will be based on carbon from fossil fuels, do tiny particles of it pose similar health risks as microplastics? Or should we be cheering graphene as an alternative to structural #plastics?

I’m also curating one over here: go.bsky.app/Et8v2oQ

And have a #PlasticsSky feed.

Must-read for #PlasticsSky (thx to @matthewjkelly.bsky.social
for flagging)
For villagers around Valencia, flooding comes paired with drought and water bottle companies are siphoning it off their land
Globally "the volume of bottled water sold has risen by more than 50% over the last 10 years"

UN Plastics Treaty: A defining moment in the global fight against plastic pollution - ECOS What can we expect from INC-5, the final negotiation for a UN Plastics Treaty to end plastic pollution? Read our five essentials for an effective treaty.

Plastic pollution harms us all, and yet it is forecasted to triple by 2060.

Now is our chance to stem the flow ⏰

✅ What are the five essentials for an effective UN #PlasticsTreaty?

Read the details in our blog ⤵️
ecostandard.org/news_events/... #INC5 #PlasticsSky #GreenSky

Check it out 🍎🧪🥽 #plasticssky #academicsky