Plastic Pollution - Resources
Australian Marine Conservation Society. (2020). Ocean Plastic Pollution - the facts and what you can do. Australian Marine Conservation Society. Retrieved from https://www.marineconservation.org.au/ocean-plastic-pollution/
Center for Biological Diversity. (2019). Ocean Plastics Pollution. Center for Biological Diversity. Retrieved from https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/ocean_plastics/
Moore, C. (2020). Plastic pollution - Plastic pollution in oceans and on land. Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/science/plastic-pollution/Plastic-pollution-in-oceans-and-on-land
Parker, L. (2019). The world's plastic pollution crisis explained. National Geographic Online. Retrieved from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/plastic-pollution/
Ritchie, H., & Roser, M. (2018). Plastic Pollution. Our World in Data. Retrieved from https://ourworldindata.org/plastic-pollution
Smithsonian Ocean Portal Team. (2018). Marine Plastics. Smithsonian Ocean, Smithsonian Institute. Retrieved from https://ocean.si.edu/conservation/pollution/marine-plastics
UN Environment. (2018). Our planet is drowning in plastic pollution. United Nations Environment. Retrieved from https://www.unenvironment.org/interactive/beat-plastic-pollution/
World Wide Fund for Nature. (2020). Plastic in our oceans is killing marine mammals. World Wide Fund for Nature. Retrieved from https://www.wwf.org.au/news/blogs/plastic-in-our-oceans-is-killing-marine-mammals#gs.ymwxw6
- Reducing Plastic Waste
Australian Marine Conservation Society. (2020). How to Reduce Plastic Use. Australian Marine Conservation Society. Retrieved from https://www.marineconservation.org.au/how-to-reduce-plastic-use/
Earth Day. (2018). What You Can Do to End Plastic Pollution. Earth Day. Retrieved from https://www.earthday.org/what-you-can-do-to-end-plastic-pollution/
Howard, B., Gibbens, S., Zachos, E., & Parker, L. (2019). A running list of action on plastic pollution. National Geographic Online. Retrieved from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/07/ocean-plastic-pollution-solutions/
Harris, B. (2018). This is what countries are doing to fight plastic waste. World Economic Forum. Retrieved from https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/06/how-the-world-is-fighting-plastic-pollution/
Hutchinson, B. (2017). 7 Ways To Reduce Ocean Plastic Pollution Today. Oceanic Society. Retrieved from https://www.oceanicsociety.org/blog/1720/7-ways-to-reduce-ocean-plastic-pollution-today
Jia, L., Evans, S. & Van der Linden, S., (2019) Motivating actions to mitigate plastic pollution. Nature Communications 10,(4582). Retrieved from https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-12666-9#citeas
World Wide Fund for Nature. (2018). 10 worst single-use plastics and eco-friendly alternatives. World Wide Fund for Nature. Retrieved from https://www.wwf.org.au/news/blogs/10-worst-single-use-plastics-and-eco-friendly-alternatives#gs.ymzv4c
World Wide Fund for Nature. (2019). 11 Plastic free eco-friendly swaps. World Wide Fund for Nature. Retrieved from https://www.wwf.org.au/news/blogs/11-plastic-free-eco-friendly-swaps#gs.yn0pro
- Microplastics in Food
Cassella, C. (2019). Here's How at Least 74,000 Microplastic Particles End Up in Your Diet in a Single Year. Science Alert. Retrieved from https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-consume-over-74-000-microplastic-particles-each-year-without-knowing-it
Center for International Environmental Law. (2019). Executive Summary: Plastic & Health: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet. Center for International Environmental Law. Retrieved from https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Plastic-and-Health-The-Hidden-Costs-of-a-Plastic-Planet-EXECUTIVE-SUMMARY-February-2019.pdf
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. (2018). Plastic microbeads. Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment Australia. Retrieved from https://www.environment.gov.au/protection/waste-resource-recovery/plastics-and-packaging/plastic-microbeads
Gibbens, S. (2019). You eat thousands of bits of plastic every year. National Geographic Online. Retrieved from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/06/you-eat-thousands-of-bits-of-plastic-every-year/
Royte, E. (2018). We Know Plastic Is Harming Marine Life. What About Us? National Geographic Online. Retrieved from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/06/plastic-planet-health-pollution-waste-microplastics/
Thompson, A. (2018). From Fish to Humans, A Microplastic Invasion May Be Taking a Toll. Scientific American Online. Retrieved from https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/from-fish-to-humans-a-microplastic-invasion-may-be-taking-a-toll/
World Wide Fund for Nature. (2019). Revealed: plastic ingestion by people could be equating to a credit card a week. World Wide Fund for Nature. Retrieved from https://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/press_releases/?348337/Revealed-plastic-ingestion-by-people-could-be-equating-to-a-credit-card-a-week
- Labelling of Plastic Products
Bahraini, A. (2019). 7 Types of Plastic that You Need to Know. Waste4Change. Retrieved from https://waste4change.com/7-types-plastic-need-know/
Borrello, E. (2018). New labelling system aims to take the confusion out of recycling. ABC News Online, Australia. Retrieved from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-26/new-labelling-system-aims-to-to-take-the-confusion-recycling/10306180
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. (2018). Australasian Recycling Label. Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Australia. Retrieved from https://www.environment.gov.au/australasian-recycling-label
EastWaste. (2017). What do the numbers on plastics really mean, are they recyclable? EastWaste. Retrieved from https://www.eastwaste.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Plastic-codes-and-recycling.pdf
Gibbens, S. (2018). What you need to know about plant-based plastics. National Geographic Online. Retrieved from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/11/are-bioplastics-made-from-plants-better-for-environment-ocean-plastic/
Hoh, A. (2017). War on Waste: What plastics can be recycled? ABC News Online, Australia. Retrieved from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-24/what-plastics-can-i-recycle-war-on-waste/8548658
Laville, S. (2019). 'Biodegradable' plastic bags survive three years in soil and sea. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/29/biodegradable-plastic-bags-survive-three-years-in-soil-and-sea
Oakes, K. (2019). Why biodegradables won’t solve the plastic crisis. BBC Online. Retrieved from https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20191030-why-biodegradables-wont-solve-the-plastic-crisis
Planet Ark. (2019). The Australasian Recycling Label. Recycling Near You. Planet Ark. Retrieved from
https://recyclingnearyou.com.au/arl/
Sedaghat, L. (2018). 7 Things You Didn’t Know About Plastic (and Recycling). National Geographic Society Newsroom. Retrieved from https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2018/04/04/7-things-you-didnt-know-about-plastic-and-recycling/
Sonkkila, C. (2019). Biodegradable versus compostable: Knowing your eco-plastics. ECOS, CSIRO. Retrieved from https://ecos.csiro.au/biodegradable-versus-compostable-knowing-your-eco-plastics/
Szymanski, M. (2015). Biodegradable Plastics Are Not the Answer to Reducing Marine Litter, Says UN. United Nations Environment. Retrieved from https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/biodegradable-plastics-are-not-answer-reducing-marine-litter-says-un
Center for Biological Diversity. (2019). Ocean Plastics Pollution. Center for Biological Diversity. Retrieved from https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/campaigns/ocean_plastics/
Moore, C. (2020). Plastic pollution - Plastic pollution in oceans and on land. Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/science/plastic-pollution/Plastic-pollution-in-oceans-and-on-land
Parker, L. (2019). The world's plastic pollution crisis explained. National Geographic Online. Retrieved from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/plastic-pollution/
Ritchie, H., & Roser, M. (2018). Plastic Pollution. Our World in Data. Retrieved from https://ourworldindata.org/plastic-pollution
Smithsonian Ocean Portal Team. (2018). Marine Plastics. Smithsonian Ocean, Smithsonian Institute. Retrieved from https://ocean.si.edu/conservation/pollution/marine-plastics
UN Environment. (2018). Our planet is drowning in plastic pollution. United Nations Environment. Retrieved from https://www.unenvironment.org/interactive/beat-plastic-pollution/
World Wide Fund for Nature. (2020). Plastic in our oceans is killing marine mammals. World Wide Fund for Nature. Retrieved from https://www.wwf.org.au/news/blogs/plastic-in-our-oceans-is-killing-marine-mammals#gs.ymwxw6
- Reducing Plastic Waste
Australian Marine Conservation Society. (2020). How to Reduce Plastic Use. Australian Marine Conservation Society. Retrieved from https://www.marineconservation.org.au/how-to-reduce-plastic-use/
Earth Day. (2018). What You Can Do to End Plastic Pollution. Earth Day. Retrieved from https://www.earthday.org/what-you-can-do-to-end-plastic-pollution/
Howard, B., Gibbens, S., Zachos, E., & Parker, L. (2019). A running list of action on plastic pollution. National Geographic Online. Retrieved from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/07/ocean-plastic-pollution-solutions/
Harris, B. (2018). This is what countries are doing to fight plastic waste. World Economic Forum. Retrieved from https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/06/how-the-world-is-fighting-plastic-pollution/
Hutchinson, B. (2017). 7 Ways To Reduce Ocean Plastic Pollution Today. Oceanic Society. Retrieved from https://www.oceanicsociety.org/blog/1720/7-ways-to-reduce-ocean-plastic-pollution-today
Jia, L., Evans, S. & Van der Linden, S., (2019) Motivating actions to mitigate plastic pollution. Nature Communications 10,(4582). Retrieved from https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-12666-9#citeas
World Wide Fund for Nature. (2018). 10 worst single-use plastics and eco-friendly alternatives. World Wide Fund for Nature. Retrieved from https://www.wwf.org.au/news/blogs/10-worst-single-use-plastics-and-eco-friendly-alternatives#gs.ymzv4c
World Wide Fund for Nature. (2019). 11 Plastic free eco-friendly swaps. World Wide Fund for Nature. Retrieved from https://www.wwf.org.au/news/blogs/11-plastic-free-eco-friendly-swaps#gs.yn0pro
- Microplastics in Food
Cassella, C. (2019). Here's How at Least 74,000 Microplastic Particles End Up in Your Diet in a Single Year. Science Alert. Retrieved from https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-consume-over-74-000-microplastic-particles-each-year-without-knowing-it
Center for International Environmental Law. (2019). Executive Summary: Plastic & Health: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet. Center for International Environmental Law. Retrieved from https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Plastic-and-Health-The-Hidden-Costs-of-a-Plastic-Planet-EXECUTIVE-SUMMARY-February-2019.pdf
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. (2018). Plastic microbeads. Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment Australia. Retrieved from https://www.environment.gov.au/protection/waste-resource-recovery/plastics-and-packaging/plastic-microbeads
Gibbens, S. (2019). You eat thousands of bits of plastic every year. National Geographic Online. Retrieved from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/06/you-eat-thousands-of-bits-of-plastic-every-year/
Royte, E. (2018). We Know Plastic Is Harming Marine Life. What About Us? National Geographic Online. Retrieved from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/06/plastic-planet-health-pollution-waste-microplastics/
Thompson, A. (2018). From Fish to Humans, A Microplastic Invasion May Be Taking a Toll. Scientific American Online. Retrieved from https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/from-fish-to-humans-a-microplastic-invasion-may-be-taking-a-toll/
World Wide Fund for Nature. (2019). Revealed: plastic ingestion by people could be equating to a credit card a week. World Wide Fund for Nature. Retrieved from https://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/press_releases/?348337/Revealed-plastic-ingestion-by-people-could-be-equating-to-a-credit-card-a-week
- Labelling of Plastic Products
Bahraini, A. (2019). 7 Types of Plastic that You Need to Know. Waste4Change. Retrieved from https://waste4change.com/7-types-plastic-need-know/
Borrello, E. (2018). New labelling system aims to take the confusion out of recycling. ABC News Online, Australia. Retrieved from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-26/new-labelling-system-aims-to-to-take-the-confusion-recycling/10306180
Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. (2018). Australasian Recycling Label. Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Australia. Retrieved from https://www.environment.gov.au/australasian-recycling-label
EastWaste. (2017). What do the numbers on plastics really mean, are they recyclable? EastWaste. Retrieved from https://www.eastwaste.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Plastic-codes-and-recycling.pdf
Gibbens, S. (2018). What you need to know about plant-based plastics. National Geographic Online. Retrieved from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/11/are-bioplastics-made-from-plants-better-for-environment-ocean-plastic/
Hoh, A. (2017). War on Waste: What plastics can be recycled? ABC News Online, Australia. Retrieved from https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-24/what-plastics-can-i-recycle-war-on-waste/8548658
Laville, S. (2019). 'Biodegradable' plastic bags survive three years in soil and sea. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/29/biodegradable-plastic-bags-survive-three-years-in-soil-and-sea
Oakes, K. (2019). Why biodegradables won’t solve the plastic crisis. BBC Online. Retrieved from https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20191030-why-biodegradables-wont-solve-the-plastic-crisis
Planet Ark. (2019). The Australasian Recycling Label. Recycling Near You. Planet Ark. Retrieved from
https://recyclingnearyou.com.au/arl/
Sedaghat, L. (2018). 7 Things You Didn’t Know About Plastic (and Recycling). National Geographic Society Newsroom. Retrieved from https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2018/04/04/7-things-you-didnt-know-about-plastic-and-recycling/
Sonkkila, C. (2019). Biodegradable versus compostable: Knowing your eco-plastics. ECOS, CSIRO. Retrieved from https://ecos.csiro.au/biodegradable-versus-compostable-knowing-your-eco-plastics/
Szymanski, M. (2015). Biodegradable Plastics Are Not the Answer to Reducing Marine Litter, Says UN. United Nations Environment. Retrieved from https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/biodegradable-plastics-are-not-answer-reducing-marine-litter-says-un