“Bidding Farewell to Marine Plastic Pollution: A Toxic Tale of Love and Hate”, en.tempo.co (18 October 2022)

APCEL’s Senior Research Fellow, Dr Linda Yanti Sulistiawati, highlights the severity of the marine plastics pollution crisis and regulatory solutions to end the toxic relationship we have with single-use plastic in her article in Tempo magazine.  This article highlights how forty percent of the world’s ocean surfaces are filled with billions of kilograms of plastic swirling convergences, and marine mammals and other marine animals are the victims of plastic waste discarded by humans.  There are a few main points discussed: changing the balance of supply and demand for single-use plastics; pushing 4Rs (refuse-reduce-recycle and reuse) circle; enforcing regulation nationally and internationally to end the toxic relationship we have with single-use plastic.

The article can be found : https://en.tempo.co/read/1646681/bidding-farewell-to-marine-plastic-pollution-a-toxic-tale-of-love-and-hate.