Sunday, December 1, 2024

How to stop plastic pollution

 This November-December, international delegates met to try to thrash out a treaty to end plastic pollution. Sadly, they couldn't agree on a draft text in time for their self-appointed deadline. But some good progress was made and work will continue in 2025. Meanwhile, here's my story for Nature on what individual countries are doing, policy-wise, to try to cut down on plastic.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03860-x

An environmental-themed illustration showing a coastline heavily polluted with plastic carrier bags. The scene depicts a sandy beach with clear blue water, but the shoreline is marred by an abundance of discarded plastic bags. The bags are of various colors, tangled among seaweed and scattered across the sand, extending into the water where some float on the surface. The image serves to highlight the pressing issue of plastic pollution in marine environments, with a clear sky and a distant horizon emphasizing the vastness of the problem and the need for conservation efforts. 

Image credit: ChatGPT 4 ("Draw a picture of a coastline clogged with plastic carrier bags")

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