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The University of Portsmouth in Hampshire, England, will host a plastics recycling conference in the fall called PlasticsFuture 2022. The event is hosted by Revolution Plastics, a university group working to bring together scientists, business leaders, campaigners and citizens to transform how plastic is made and disposed of.
“Our aim is to create a conference unlike any other,” says Steve Fletcher, director of the Global Plastics Policy Centre at the University of Portsmouth. “Technology doesn’t have all the answers and we want to look at alternative untapped sources to solve the global plastic crisis. By bringing together a spectrum of disciplines under one roof, we hope to provoke creative solutions that will provide decision-makers with a rich evidence base on which to build policy.”
The conference will focus on sharing research and initiatives from a broad range of stakeholders, including researchers, activists, community members, nongovernmental organizations, industry, policymakers and practitioners internationally. Experts will share knowledge, discuss recent advancements and reveal exciting new insights in efforts to end plastic pollution. \
“The transdisciplinary nature of the conference will allow a more rounded holistic approach to confronting plastics problems and include expertise from all subject fields,” Fletcher, one of the keynote speakers. “Ultimately, PlasticsFuture 2022 will bring a new philosophical outlook to tackling plastic pollution.”
Keynote speakers include:
Von Hernandez from the Philippines, one of Asia’s environmental activists and the global coordinator for the “Break Free from Plastic,” movement.
Nelson Munyiri, the founder of the Mukuru Youth Initiative which engages young people to be agents of change within their communities.
Judi Wakhungu is Kenya’s ambassador to the French Republic, Portugal, Serbia and the Holy See and will also be speaking at Plastics Future 2022. From 2013 to 2018, she served as Kenya's Minister of Environment & Natural Resources.
Plastics Future 2022 will take place Nov. 1-3 at the University of Portsmouth. Registration opens in July. Organizers are now calling for abstracts, short talks, posters, performances, exhibits and proposals to run workshops or chair a panel discussion at the conference.
The University of Portsmouth is home to the Global Plastics Policy Centre, designed to give governments and industry groups the evidence needed to make better decisions around plastic policies and find sustainable solutions to tackle plastic pollution around the world.
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