Plastic pollution

 

Wednesday 18 April 2018 8:05PM (view full episode)

It’s lightweight, versatile, easy to clean, hard-wearing and comes in many colours.

Plastics have so many uses and they’re produced in vast quantities.

But, at the end of its life,  plastic swirls around the world’s oceans , killing marine animals and entering the food chain.

So how can we reduce our plastic pollution?

Is plastic pollution a bigger threat than climate change? recorded 12 March 2018 Womadelaide

Speakers

Vaughan Levitzke Green Industries South Australia.

Vivian Sim marine scientist University of New South Wales

Dr Anne Sharp marketing expert University of South Australia

Deb Tribe ABC broadcaster