I migliori Plastisphere podcast (2025)

1
Guilt-free plastics? The idea of plastic credits and its realities 31:40

9h ago31:40

31:40

Wouldn’t it be great to have something like guilt-free plastics? A plastic product you can just buy without worrying that you are contributing to pollution in the environment? That’s the promise of plastic credits.The idea is that if you do have to buy a plastic product, this amount of plastic is being offset or saved from the environment somewhere…

1
Teaser - BOY WASTED: A bale of plastic. A mystery body. A global investigation 2:07

1M ago2:07

2:07

+++Podcast recommendation+++ There’s a concrete yard with piles of plastic, and lying on the ground is the body of a boy – grotesquely ripped apart. Who was he? And what really happened to him? A team of award-winning investigative journalists, including ENDS Report’s Tess Colley and Pippa Neill, set out to find out.Listen to all three episodes her…

1
Speaking up About Plastic Pollution in Turkey, from Biology to Waste Trade 43:20

1M ago43:20

43:20

In this episode we’ll travel to Turkey with Sedat Gündogdu. Sedat is a Turkish marine biologist and works as a professor at Cukurova University in Adana. When Sedat realized how much plastic trash was polluting the water and land around him, he started to research both its origins and impacts. He began to understand the downsides of microplastics, …

1
Plastic Chemicals - A Toxic Relationship and How We Can Start Fixing It 41:55

1M ago41:55

41:55

In this episode, we’re taking a deep dive into plastic chemicals and their impacts on human and environmental health. You’ll learn why it’s not such a great idea to put plastic containers into your dishwasher, and why fatty food is especially prone to absorbing chemicals from food packaging. We’re also discussing a common and mostly misunderstood m…

1
Early Heroines of Plastic Pollution, Part II: Meet the Women who Started the Beach Cleanups (Linda) 32:26

2M ago32:26

32:26

In this episode, we’re going to head out to the beach for the 40th International Coastal Cleanup Day. It’s a huge event which has been taking place each third Saturday of September for four decades now. Each year that day, hundreds of thousands of people swarm to the shorelines and collect and remove the trash they find. But beyond just cleaning up…

1
Early Heroines of Plastic Pollution, Part I: Meet the Women who Started the Beach Cleanups (Judie) 34:06

2M ago34:06

34:06

In this episode, we’re going to head out to the beach for the 40th International Coastal Cleanup Day. It’s a huge event which has been taking place each third Saturday of September for four decades now. Each year that day, hundreds of thousands of people swarm to the shorelines and collect and remove the trash they find. But beyond just cleaning up…

1
How [Not] to Make a Plastics Treaty - What really happened in Geneva? 23:25

2M ago23:25

23:25

After 11 days of talks between 180 nations in the middle of a heatwave, the final session dragged late into the night. The next morning we learned that the plastics treaty talks had - again - ended without an agreement to tackle plastic pollution. So after recovering from this intense week, Anja got in touch with Alexandra Harrington. Alexandra is …

1
How [Not] to Make a Plastics Treaty - Update from Geneva (INC 5.2.) with Neil Tangri 8:20

3M ago8:20

8:20

How [Not] to Make a Plastics Treaty - Update from Geneva (INC 5.2.) with Neil Tangri by Anja KriegerDi Anja Krieger

1
The Youth Movement at the Plastics Treaty Talks 28:11

3M ago28:11

28:11

Dejea Lyons and Shellan Saling from the Youth Plastic Action Network leave no doubt: To save the Plastics Treaty process and get to a meaningful agreement, serious sh*** needs to happen! Listen to Shellan's statement at the opening plenary and our chat under a tree in front of the United Nations Headquarter in Geneva, Switzerland. Thanks to the sec…

1
How [Not] to Make a Plastics Treaty - Update from Geneva (INC 5.2) with Magnus Lovold 20:34

3M ago20:34

20:34

How [Not] to Make a Plastics Treaty - Update from Geneva (INC 5.2) with Magnus Lovold by Anja KriegerDi Anja Krieger

1
How [Not] to Make a Plastics Treaty - Nothing is Agreed Until Everything is Agreed 57:03

6M ago57:03

57:03

When the plastics treaty negotiations in South Korea ended without a result last December, media reports suggested they had failed. But not so fast - the negotiations are far from over, and continue this year. In this episode, you'll get an update on where we stand on the path to a global plan to tackle plastic pollution - and what’s to come. You'l…

1
Guest Episode: Why didn't the plastic pollution talks in South Korea yield a treaty? (In Focus) 16:14

10M ago16:14

16:14

In this guest episode, G. Sampath and Satyarupa Shekhar discuss the fifth meeting of the UN’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) and why it ended without delivering a legally binding treaty to address global plastic pollution.Continue listening to the full episode here: https://www.thehindu.com/podcast/plastic-pollution-treaty-collapse…

1
Plastics in the Media - A Review with Nanoplastics Researcher Denise Mitrano 30:36

11M ago30:36

30:36

In recent years, a lot of new research on micro- and nanoplastics has come out. Reporting in the media sounds pretty scary, with nanoplastics found in the human body. What's does the science know for sure at this point, and what is still open and under investigation? Anja speaks with Denise Mitrano, a professor at the Department of Environmental Sy…

1
Fact-check your assumptions: Become a plastic mythbuster! 2:59

11M ago2:59

2:59

The Plastic Mythbusters project is a collaboration between the Helmholtz Centre Hereon and the University of Strathclyde. Try our quiz and learn more in our detailed answers. You can also send us new claims to check or comments on our answers via the feedback form at the end of the quiz. We’d love to hear from you – to tackle the most persistent pl…

1
How [Not] to Make a Plastics Treaty - Midnight Update from #INC5 in Busan 13:56

11M ago13:56

13:56

How [Not] to Make a Plastics Treaty - Midnight Update from #INC5 in Busan by Anja KriegerDi Anja Krieger

1
Why production reduction and a fair transition are so important (with GAIA and Grid Arendal) 28:50

11M ago28:50

28:50

Why production reduction and a fair transition are so important (with GAIA and Grid Arendal) by Anja KriegerDi Anja Krieger

1
Meeting the Business Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty at #INC5 29:07

11M ago29:07

29:07

Meeting the Business Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty at #INC5 by Anja KriegerDi Anja Krieger

1
Event Recording: How governments subsidize plastic production - QUNO/Eunomia/IUCN at INC5 1:22:54

11M ago1:22:54

1:22:54

Event Recording: How governments subsidize plastic production - QUNO/Eunomia/IUCN at INC5 by Anja KriegerDi Anja Krieger

1
Event Recording: The Scientists' Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty at #INC5 1:08:51

11M ago1:08:51

1:08:51

Event Recording: The Scientists' Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty at #INC5 by Anja KriegerDi Anja Krieger

1
How [Not] to Make a Plastics Treaty - Things Get Circular (INC-5 in South Korea) 22:48

12M ago22:48

22:48

The saga continues: Anja and Magnus meet in Busan, South Korea, to discuss the unfolding treaty negotiations on Day 4 of the INC5.Thanks to Grid Arendal for the travel grant!Di Anja Krieger

1
#PlasticsTreaty Shorts - Brackets Busan Style 10:23

12M ago10:23

10:23

Anja is at INC5, the final round of negotiations for the global plastics treaty. On the opening day, she asked people about their expectations - and witnessed the magic of diplomacy: Break free from brackets!With input from (in order of appearance):- Smail Alhilali (UNIDO)- Anjeli Debaraja- Jose Lopez Reyes (Dominican Republic Delegation)- Angelica…

1
Guest Episode: Will we get a viable Global Plastics Treaty or will compromise water it down? 36:45

12M ago36:45

36:45

---Guest episode by Environmental Investigation Agency's "What on Earth?" podcast series---The fifth round of talks in pursuit of a legally binding Global Plastics Treaty kicks off in Busan, South Korea shortly – but will we emerge with an agreement capable of tackling the world’s plastic crisis or will vested interests compromise the final vision?…

1
REPOST: The scientists who discovered plastic pollution over 50 years ago (2020 episode) 56:22

12M ago56:22

56:22

---Repost of the 2020 episode, originally titled "The Discovery of Plastic Pollution"--- As we head into the final round of negotiations towards a global plastics treaty, it's important to remember how long it took for the international community to get here. While plastic pollution has only risen to attention in the past few years, the problem rea…

1
Guest Episode - Plastics in Drinking Water 48:15

1y ago48:15

48:15

Elena Berg is an environmental scientist and water sommelier. Her series „Something in the Water“ is a ten-part podcast mini-series on the fine water industry. As part of it, Elena addresses the elephant in the room: Plastic pollution. How much plastic is there in our drinking water? What’s the difference between tap and bottled water? And how conc…

1
How [Not] to Make a Plastics Treaty - Bracket-Breaking News (Potentially) 11:42

1y ago11:42

11:42

On the way to the final round of negotiations towards the global plastics treaty, things are moving fast. And there's a major development on the road to Busan, something that could change everything. Ambassador Luis Vayas, the chair of the intergovernmental negotiating committee, made a move that could help the treaty text break free from all the b…

1
How [Not] to Make a Plastics Treaty - Phantom of the Ottawa (INC-4 in Canada) 59:47

1y ago59:47

59:47

The final meeting to negotiate the global plastics treaty is coming up this winter. But if you’ve listened to previous episodes of our series, you know that little progress had been made in the first three INCs. At the negotiations in Uruguay, France, and Kenya, strategic games were played. They held up the process and sabotaged the road to an ambi…

1
Fast Fashion, Single Use, Packaging: It's Plastic Overshoot Day 2024 11:39

1y ago11:39

11:39

September 5, 2024, is Plastic Overshoot Day. The world has been able to handle its plastic waste until this day, but the waste produced the rest of the year statistically ends up as pollution. Imagine the huge pile of plastic packaging and other stuff that the world disposes of in just four months - that will end up in the environment, according to…

1
Forever Chemicals (Teaser) 2:15

1+ y ago2:15

2:15

Happy World Environment Day! We’ve got a treat for you. There’s a new podcast series which is really great – and we wanted to share it with you. It’s called Forever Chemicals, and it’s produced by Meg Carney and team at Black-Footed Ferret Productions. Listen to the teaser here on Plastisphere and then head over to https://www.theoutdoorminimalist.…

1
#PlasticsTreaty Shorts: Burning plastics and chemical recycling with Sirine Rached 5:22

1+ y ago5:22

5:22

Sirine Rached is the Global Plastics Policy Coordinator at GAIA, the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives. In her message, Sirine shares why she doesn’t believe in certain technologies that are currently promoted to solve the plastics crisis. Read more on GAIA’s positions in the PlasticsTreaty talks here: no-burn.org/unea-plastics-treatySen…

1
#PlasticsTreaty Shorts: Report from INC-4 in Ottawa with Stephen Leahy 8:05

1+ y ago8:05

8:05

The penultimate session to negotiate the global plastics treaty ended just a few days ago in Ottawa, Canada. One of the journalists attending was Stephen Leahy, a science and environmental journalist who’s reported on climate and other issues for the past 30 years. Steve has written for dozens of publications including National Geographic, the Guar…

1
Pushing Back Against Corporate Capture at #INC4 59:08

1+ y ago59:08

59:08

It's Monday, April 29, 2024, and the INC4, the fourth round of negotiations for the plastics treaty, is in the final hours. Negotiators of countries from around the world are sitting in conference rooms in Ottawa, Canada, debating how to end plastic pollution. Around them, the presence of the fossil and chemical industries has grown significantly. …

1
In Focus by The Hindu: Where does India stand in the Global Plastics Treaty negotiations? 17:01

1+ y ago17:01

17:01

In this episode we focus on one of the biggest countries in Asia - India. India just passed its Plastic Overshoot day on April 23. India is the world's third largest contributor to plastic waste after China and the United States – but it also has a huge population, 1.4 billion people. So per capita, Indians produce only small amounts of plastic was…

1
Plastic Money - Turning Off the Subsidies Tap 15:17

1+ y ago15:17

15:17

In March 2024, negotiators and experts came together in Bellagio, Italy, for an exclusive meeting to discuss an essential topic: Plastic money. And we’re not talking about credit cards here, but the actual money we people around the world are paying for the production of plastics through our governments’ subsidies. Ronald Steenblik was the one who …

1
How [Not] to Make a Plastics Treaty - Leave Bad Faith Behind (INC-3 in Kenya) 24:43

1+ y ago24:43

24:43

What happened at the INC-3 in Kenya? Recap 3/3.“If a credible majority of states can come together and adopt global rules to prevent plastic pollution, they can also do the similar things on climate change, on biological diversity, and indeed also other issues of environmental and global concern,” Magnus Løvold says. He was present as an observer a…

1
How [Not] to Make a Plastics Treaty - Drama and Delay (INC-2 in France) 18:02

1+ y ago18:02

18:02

What happened at the INC-2 in France? Recap 2/3.The negotiations for the global plastics treaty are haunted by major issues that have long stalled progress on other problems as well, like climate change and biodiversity loss. To understand what’s happening, Anja teamed up with Magnus Løvold, an expert in diplomacy and international law. Magnus was …

1
How [Not] to Make a Plastics Treaty - Ambition in Brackets (INC-1 in Uruguay) 30:00

1+ y ago30:00

30:00

What happened at the INC-1 in Uruguay? Recap 1/3. This year, 2024, is the crucial year for the plastics treaty negotiations. If you haven’t heard about them, the United Nations are working on an international, legally binding agreement to end plastic pollution. It’s been called the most important environmental deal since the Paris climate accord. M…

1
The Indisposable Podcast: Bioplastics and Plastic Alternatives 33:03

1+ y ago33:03

33:03

You’ve probably heard of bioplastics, these new kinds of plastics that are marketed as environmentally friendly. If you’ve been following this show, you might know the episode from 2019 in which Anja tried to better understand this group of materials and the confusion around it. If you haven't listened, here it is: https://soundcloud.com/plastisphe…

1
[German] "Wege aus der Plastikkrise" - a Panel Discussion on Solutions to Plastic Pollution 50:38

1+ y ago50:38

50:38

- A heads-up for all international listeners: This the first-ever episode in German. If you don't speak the language, don't despair. The next episode in English is already in the works! -This episode features an in-depth panel in German language on solutions to plastic pollution with experts in ecotoxicology, the reuse economy and politics, includi…

1
#PlasticsTreaty Shorts: The Fossil-Fuel Lobby at INC-3 with Julien Gupta 6:14

2y ago6:14

6:14

Welcome again to Plastisphere, the podcast on plastics, people, the planet – and politics! Today, the INC-3, the third round of negotiations towards a global plastic treaty, will wrap up in Nairobi – and Anja received a timely message from one of the attending journalists: Julien Gupta is a freelance journalist from Germany working on climate and t…

1
#PlasticsTreaty Shorts: Waste Colonialism with Nirere Sadrach and Sharifa Ismail 7:15

2y ago7:15

7:15

For a long time, we treated disposable plastic and waste as if there was an “away” – a place, where we could safely dispose of our trash. But as we all know, nothing disappears just magically. Each year, the world produces over two billion tons of waste, and hundreds of millions tons of that are plastic. There is no away, and all this stuff goes so…

1
#PlasticsTreaty Shorts: Production Caps and Moratoriums with Andrés Del Castillo 6:06

2y ago6:06

6:06

Today, you’ll hear a message from Andrés Del Castillo in the #PlasticsTreaty Shorts series. Andrés is a Senior Attorney from Columbia working with CIEL, the Center for International Environmental Law in Switzerland (https://www.ciel.org/). CIEL is a non-governmental organization that has long pointed out the broader implications of plastic pollutio…

1
#PlasticsTreaty Shorts: The Planetary Boundary with Bethanie Carney Almroth 6:39

2y ago6:39

6:39

We have exceeded six of the nine planetary boundaries. In her message to Plastisphere, Bethany Carney Almroth from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden tells us about one of them - the planetary boundary of novel entities which include plastics and chemicals. The only planetary boundary we have been able to move away from is the ozone depletion i…

1
#PlasticsTreaty Shorts: Unknown chemicals with Walter Waldman 5:48

2y ago5:48

5:48

Similar to how food products contain a list of ingredients, we need to know which chemicals plastic products contain. This is not an easy task, but it would be a huge step if producers lifted the secret around the chemicals they use. Right now we are blindly dealing with a cocktail of chemicals we don’t really understand. Scientists have to reverse…

1
#PlasticsTreaty Shorts: Consumption Reduction with Kristian Syberg 6:10

2y ago6:10

6:10

Recycling is often seen as a golden standard for minimizing plastic pollution. And while recycling definitely does play a role in the future, it should not be the first priority. Kristian Syberg, an associate professor at Roskilde University in Denmark working on the circular economy, and the environmental impact of plastics, tells us why.Read the …

1
#PlasticsTreaty Shorts: Three Principles with Chris Dixon 6:34

2y ago6:34

6:34

The global plastics treaty is currently being drafted by the global community - an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment. One of the experts attending the meetings is Christina Dixon from the Environmental Investigation Agency. The EIA is an NGO which has campaigned against environmental …

1
What Day is Plastic Overshoot? 51:29

2+ y ago51:29

51:29

The global plastics treaty is in the making, and the discussions around solutions to plastic pollution are gaining traction. To give you more food for thought, Anja tries out a new format, the Plastisphere Conversations with interesting people in the field. And this is the first one, with Sarah Perreard and Julien Boucher from the Plastic Overshoot…

1
Science over Profit - Demands for the Plastic Treaty 33:57

2+ y ago33:57

33:57

On March 2, 2022, countries from around the world agreed to establish a global treaty to end plastic pollution. After the first meetings in Senegal and Uruguay, the discussions around the treaty are in full swing. Next, the country’s representatives are heading to Paris, France, in May 2023. They’ll meet for the second session of the INC, the Inter…

1
Listening Session with Baldeep Kaur 32:08

2+ y ago32:08

32:08

Baldeep Kaur is a doctoral fellow at the University of Potsdam, studying the afterlives of discarded colonial technologies. Last November, they invited Plastisphere creator Anja Krieger to a live listening session at the Minor Cosmopolitan Assembly, an event organized by the research training group with the same name. Together with the audience, Ba…

1
The Indisposable Podcast: The Story of Plastic 41:36

2+ y ago41:36

41:36

A new guest episode to inspire your ears, mind and heart, kindly shared by Upstream. Plastic pollution is not just a waste issue. It starts with production, continues during use, and in the end, a lot of it ends up dumped or in the environment. But the problems plastics cause from production to disposal are not distributed equally. They impact some…

1
What on Earth: Plastics Treaty Negotiations Start in Uruguay 25:57

3y ago25:57

25:57

Remember our episode a few months ago on the history of the plastics treaty? To recap: In March, the United Nations Environmental Assembly decided to negotiate a global agreement to tackle plastic pollution. The ambitious plan is to develop a binding treaty covering the full lifecycle of plastics within the next two years, by 2024. This week, this …

Podcast che vale la pena ascoltare

Podcast di Plastisphere

Podcast che vale la pena ascoltare

Guida rapida