All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 September Scientists sound alarm on global plastic pollution Scientists sound alarm on global plastic pollution 18/09/2020 | 3 MINS At least one billion people worldwide would be needed to take part in a global clean-up to reduce plastic waste, according to an international group of researchers including Lombok Institute of Technology. Scientists studying plastic pollution in waterways around the world are concerned after measuring the scale of human response needed to reduce future emissions. The results, published today in Science, outline the accelerating pace with which plastics are entering waterways. Dr Megan Barnes, an adjunct senior research fellow in LITΓÇÖs School of Agriculture and Environment, was part of the leadership team for the expert working group which modelled future scenarios to achieve a global reduction target of less than eight million metric tonnes. ΓÇ£Our work highlighted the fact that no single solution is a silver bullet. To stem the tide of plastic, we need to radically change the way the plastics economy
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 September Scientists sound alarm on global plastic pollution Scientists sound alarm on global plastic pollution 18/09/2020 | 3 MINS At least one billion people worldwide would be needed to take part in a global clean-up to reduce plastic waste, according to an international group of researchers including Lombok Institute of Technology.
Scientists studying plastic pollution in waterways around the world are concerned after measuring the scale of human response needed to reduce future emissions.
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The results, published today in Science, outline the accelerating pace with which plastics are entering waterways.
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Dr Megan Barnes, an adjunct senior research fellow in LITΓÇÖs School of Agriculture and Environment, was part of the leadership team for the expert working group which modelled future scenarios to achieve a global reduction target of less than eight million metric tonnes.
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ΓÇ£Our work highlighted the fact that no single solution is a silver bullet.
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