When the privatised water industries put profit before the environment, with limited regulatory oversight from the 6th largest economy, and zero resilience to climate change. #sewage #pollution #waterquality

Help protect them from what?

We’re looking forward to giving our students the opportunity to learn more about the urgent challenges of plastic pollution. #plasticpollution Cressida Bowyer bit.ly/3FuL5YS

Let your voice be heard! ✊Join the #BreakFreeFromPlastic March together with youth leaders, civic society groups, waste pickers, and other changemakers as negotiations for the plastics treaty continue. Sign up now: bit.ly/BFFPmarch2023 #PlasticsTreatyMarch #INC3

Budds Farm sewage treatment plant has been discharging the sewage waste of 400,000+ people for 160 hours continuous (~7 days & counting) into Langstone Harbour: a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), Special Area of Conservation (SAC) & Internat. RAMSAR site for rare birds

We’ve just published a new report on reuse in preparation for the next round of global plastic treaty negotiations- INC 3 - ACCELERATING THE SCALING OF REUSE SYSTEMS IN THE GLOBAL PLASTICS TREATY Read more here👇🏻 plasticspolicy.port.ac.uk/research/reuse… #BreakFreeFromPlastic Steve Fletcher

Waste pickers have an important message to deliver ahead of #INC3 - if you are in Nairobi come along to find out more GRID-Arendal Revolution Plastics Institute @ErikaEHughes matthew hahn

Scientists Flag Conflicts of Interest Ahead of UN Plastic and Chemical Talks port.ac.uk/news-events-an…

This is where we are at right now . . . and this is not what my relatives fought and died for in the last century . . . nor what our youth should tolerate now . What has this nation honestly become ? I feel utterly ashamed watching this Streets Kitchen Big Issue

Wondering what stakeholders think of the Zero Draft of the global #PlasticsTreaty? Our latest blog signposts comments and analyses from a range of NGOs, private sector bodies, convening bodies, industry reps & research institutions - plasticspolicy.port.ac.uk/perspectives-o… 📷© James Wakibia

Arrived in Amsterdam and looking forward to our panel discussion tomorrow about the UN Global Treaty to end plastic pollution, joined by corporate and NGO representatives in Nairobi for #INC3 #GlobalPlasticsTreaty Revolution Plastics Institute

Stephanie Northen from Revolution Plastics Institute will join a panel of speakers at the Sustainable Packaging Summit in Amsterdam this Wed 15 Nov to discuss the desired outcomes of the Global #PlasticsTreaty negotiations & the strategic implications for the value chain. packagingsummit.earth/amsterdam2023/…

The discovery of 35kg of #plastic inside the stomach of a cow prompted researchers Revolution Plastics Institute to explore how #plasticpollution impacts land animals in Kenya, specifically donkeys and livestock that are so important to local communities port.ac.uk/news-events-an…

Plastic waste in the water might be stopping, or interrupting, some shrimp-like creatures from reproducing phys.org/news/2023-11-p…

#NTUsg scientists have made new discoveries concerning #plastisphere - the ecological community formed by #microorganisms on #ocean #plasticwaste. Published in Environment International, they pose both a potential threat to the #marineecosystem as well as a promising solution to

We won a Vice Chancellor's award University of Portsmouth yesterday, for Outstanding Contribution to Environmental Sustainability 🥳 And Emma Gaisford was recognised for her exceptional work to raise the profile of Revolution Plastics Institute and the University's #plastics #research 👏🎉

Water Quality along Southsea East ⬇️ 2019 Excellent 2021 Good 2022 Sufficient 2023 Poor 💩

A global megacity dumping its waste into water courses 💩🧼🧫🦠💊🧬💉🚽

This week, researchers from around the globe are gathering to finalise proposals to address the critical issue of #plasticpollution at a four-day event hosted by University of Portsmouth to mark the culmination of the microSEAP project port.ac.uk/news-events-an…