
Inspiring Plastics Professionals


Tue, 05 Apr
|Zoom
What are Microplastics and why you should care!
The industrial miracle of plastics dawned in the mid 20th century. Plastics helped to solve many problems for us. However, in recent years, we read, saw and experienced about many issues related to plastics pollution in the media and elsewhere.
Time & Location
05 Apr 2022, 6:00 pm – 9:10 pm AEST
Zoom
About the event
The industrial miracle of plastics dawned in the mid 20th century. Plastics helped to solve many problems for us. However, in recent years, we read, saw and experienced about many issues related to plastics pollution in the media and elsewhere. And now a proposed draft is in preparation by the United Nations for a Treaty on Plastic Pollution by 2024; one contributing pollutant is Microplastics.
We all know that even long after a plastic articles’ initial functional purpose is finished, there can be quite a persistent pollution presence in the environment on land, in the sea and air.
Join us in this upcoming discovery series with experts and reap the benefits of enhancing your knowledge and learn about the many opportunities for technology to solve.
Episode 1 What are Microplastics – and why we should care!
Episode 2 What are the causes of Microplastics.
Episode 3 What are the solutions…