A team of researchers from the University of Plymouth is this week joining world leaders in Kenya as talks continue over the United Nations Treaty on Plastic Pollution.
Five members of the International Marine Litter Research Unit are in Nairobi for the third meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC).
They will be observing plenary and side events sessions, making oral interventions and responding to national delegations on the scientific questions they have in relation to the Treaty and plastic pollution in general.
The Plymouth team is made up of Professor Richard Thompson OBE FRS, Dr Winnie Courtene-Jones, Dr Francesca De Falco, Dr Max Kelly, and Miss Florence Parker-Jurd.
Between them, they are working on projects centred around biodegradable plastics, tyre particles, microfibre release and plastic pollution in Indonesia.
They regularly engage with policy makers, industry and communities all over the world to better understand the local and global challenges being posed by plastic pollution.
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