Using plastic waste in the Nigerian textile industry would reduce pollution, generate employment, and cut a niche in the world of sustainable fashion.
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Microplastics are accumulating in our food, water, air and bodies – yet UK regulations aren’t designed to reduce them.
Millions of people are being urged to take part in Plastic Free July. Yet we know consumer choice is only one part of the picture. Eliminating plastic waste requires broader structural change.
Nigeria’s incoming president must prioritise environmental protection to avert further loss of the country’s biodiversity.
Plastic products that claim to be ‘compostable’ aren’t great either.
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Senior Research Fellow, BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash University
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Professor, Obafemi Awolowo University
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Research Fellow at BehaviourWorks Australia, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University
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Associate Professor and Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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ARC DECRA Senior Research Fellow in Environmental Sociology, RMIT University
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Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor in Research & Innovation, RMIT University
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Research Associate, Revolution Plastics, University of Portsmouth
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Director - Global Plastics Policy Centre, University of Portsmouth
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Lecturing, Olabisi Onabanjo University