Plastic pollution is an important issue affecting all regions including those far from industrialization. Within the last 40 years, global plastic production has increased by 620% with about 5-13 million tonnes of plastic infiltrating the ocean. In this 90-minute panel discussion, the guest speakers aim to bridge disparate disciplines to counteract plastic pollution.
Event Summary
Tracking the Journey and Effects of Plastic Pollution
- Intro – Event Details and Summary
- Prof. Shooka Karimpour, York University: Intro to Plastics, Nano – and Microplastics @1:07
- Professor Denise Mitrano, ETH Zurich: Mechanisms, process, and fate of nano- and microplastics in water @7:34
- Lab technique for tracking MPs and aggregate settling dynamics @19:24
- Madame Jacqueline Mbocksi, Councillor in Cameroon: Plastic Pollution in the City of Douala @25:23
- Dr. Zhijie Li, UNITAR: Measuring flows of plastic along the life cycle: @46:32
- Professor Satinder K. Brar, York University: MISSED (Microplastics in Sewage Sludge Exploration and Detection) @1:00:00
- Q&A Session: @1:13:43