New Lock-down podcast episode!
Chantelle and Cat chat to one of the pioneers of microplastics research, Dr Mark Browne from UNSW in Sydney. Our oceans and waterways are full of microplastics, especially of microfibers from our clothes. Mark talks about the current microplastics situation and his research trying to clean up microplastic pollution.
Mark at his washing machine lab, Photo credit: Charlotte Beloe
Mark taking water samples at Coogee Beach, Photo credit: Chris Tyree
‘Single use plastic’: Jack Jackson improvised the first song in the podcast at the 5th International Marine Debris Conference in Hawaii in 2011. Listen in:
Sources: https://www.bees.unsw.edu.au/our-people/mark-browne