Episode #128 - Talking Trash

Episode 128 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast

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This week, Craig talks to Jeff Kirschner CEO and founder of Litterati - a company in the USA that enables communities to identify dumped waste in their area, track it back to the company who made it and to build up a database and map of the worst offending products and companies. They rely on communities of citizen scientists who download their app and track when and where they encounter litter with the aim of encouraging better Producer Responsibility to reduce the impact of the goods they create.

You can learn more about Litterati and join their tracking community at their website here.

The study on finding microplastics in human blood was reported here.

The study tracking human consumption of microplastics can be read here.

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