…and why the word bioplastics should be replaced.
The term ‘bioplastic’ is used to describe a wide variety of materials so it can be very confusing to someone who doesn’t spend all day thinking about it.
Why is it useful?
Over 40% of the plastics produced in the world are used in packaging applications with food packaging being the biggest culprit. We are already producing tens of millions of tonnes (over 10,000,000 tonnes!!) of plastic food packaging…
Australia has been hit hard by floods in the last decade. In 2011, the floods in Queensland claimed over 30 lives and reduced Australia’s GDP by an estimated $30 billion. The floods in New South Wales earlier this year were also deadly and lead to evacuation orders in several…
Flooding can have a huge impact on communities, with severe events leading to property damage, injury and even loss of life. Large swathes of Australia’s population live on floodplains, so it’s important that…
When we can’t ‘see’ it, but need to understand it!
When we think of the water cycle, we usually think of rainfall and surface runoff, since these are the components we can see and experience directly. However, there are two…
This post is based on an interview I conducted in 2017 as part of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s ‘Disruptive Innovation Festival’.