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Why can’t we rely on technology to clean the oceans of our plastic waste?

Why can’t we rely on technology to clean the oceans of our plastic waste?

FromWhat on Earth?


Why can’t we rely on technology to clean the oceans of our plastic waste?

FromWhat on Earth?

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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Nov 14, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The terrible scale of our planet’s plastic pollution crisis has been making headlines in recent years, as have a number of apparent technological solutions to the problem – but can we really rely on physical ocean clean-ups to sort out the mess for us?
Special guest Ewoud Lauwerier, Plastic Policy Expert with OceanCare, and EIA Ocean Campaigner Jacob Kean-Hammerson join EIA Senior Press and Communications Officer Paul Newman to discuss the findings and implications of our new jointly produced report Clean-ups or clean-washing? How plastic pollution clean-up technology can actually harm the environment and obstruct policy progress.
Released:
Nov 14, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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