Amelia Leavesley
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Amelia Leavesley
@aleavesley.bsky.social
Waste | Climate | Governance | Cities
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Research Fellow & Doctoral Candidate in all of the above, working in Naarm (Melbourne), Australia.
To end plastic pollution, we need to address the full lifecycle of plastic: from design & production to recycling & disposal.

Waste management and recycling we can do. Taxing plastic producers and importers may be a way to deal with issues of overproduction.

theconversation.com/a-tax-on-new...
A tax on new plastic would slash waste – if built into the global treaty on plastics
Right now, nations are negotiating the details of a treaty designed to slash plastic waste. One option on the table: tax new plastic to discourage overproduction.
theconversation.com
November 29, 2024 at 11:20 PM