Dr Winnie Courtene-Jones (Plastic pollution scientist)

Microplastic pollution in the freshwater environment This event brings together experts to explore the growing issue of microplastics in our aquatic and marine environments, and the implications for sustainable wastewater management. The event features ...

I had a lot of fun participating in this event, sharing my research and discussing sources, effects and solutions to #microplastics in freshwater environments

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👇Catch up with the recording
fwr.org/microplastic...

BBC Radio Wales - Science Cafe, Future Gazing Adam Walton predicts the future, asking where science will lead us beyond 2026.

Where will science lead us beyond 2026?

I share my insights on what we have learnt, and look to the future on all things #microplastics #plasticpollution and the UN Global Plastics Treaty

📻 Listen on BBC Radio:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Winter beach walk
#wales #Walescoastpath #winterwalks

Book cover for Reproducible Code guide. The cover has a red background with a large yellow-bodied black-headed stag beetle.

Excited to launch the new improved Reproducible Code guide from @britishecologicalsociety.org @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social FREE online here! www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... Amazing work by some very talented ECRs. We hope it’s useful!

Delighted to be invited to UK Parliament last week to discuss the UK’s leadership role in tackling global plastic pollution, with MPs, leading academics, businesses, and NGOs

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I really enjoyed speaking at the @nature.com & @commonseas.bsky.social roundtable
' #Microplastics, a threat to human & planetary health'

Fantastic discussions with fellow panelists and audience

Talks will be shared: natureconferences.streamgo.live/microplastic...

Not your typical day 🎙️
Recording an episode of BBC Science Cafe all about #PlasticPollution #microplastics #PlasticsTreaty

Stay tuned, Episode is scheduled for the new year 📻

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Microplastics: an emerging threat to human and planetary health Microplastics (MPs), along with the chemicals they release, are pervasive and persistent contaminants in ecosystems worldwide. Increasingly, MPs are also being detected throughout the human body.Scien...

I'm really looking forward to participating in this @nature.com conference on "Microplastics: an emerging threat to human and planetary health"

📆 18th Nov
📍London

⬇️ Details & registration
natureconferences.streamgo.live/microplastic...

#microplastics #onehealth #plasticpollution #PlasticTreaty

Enjoying the gorgeous autumn colours 🍁🍂

#autumn #autumncolour

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We’re witnessing last-ditch talks to secure a global plastic pollution treaty Negotiators in Geneva face a critical moment to agree a Global Plastics Treaty before talks end, with the planet’s future at stake.

The final @unep.org #INC52 session to develop a Global #PlasticsTreaty is underway

🕣 With less than 48 hours to go, the window for action is closing. Negotiators must now show courage if the world is to get a treaty capable of protecting people and the planet.

tinyurl.com/25rkm5xs

🚨 This text gives in to petrostates and industry demands — Member States must reject it.

The chair's draft text has just dropped at #PlasticsTreaty talks. CIEL's @Davzoul responds.

🔥 Only a few days left in #PlasticsTreaty talks — and the heat is on. The science is clear. The path is narrow. The moment is now. Hear what’s happening on the ground from @davzoul.bsky.social‬

⏳ Only 48 h to go. Delegates in Geneva are still working hard to find convergence on text in Contact Groups and Informal Meetings. Tomorrow, the Chair will present new text for a #PlasticsTreaty for discussion in Regional Consultations and Plenaries.
🤞Let’s hope for ambition and get this done! 💪

Screenshot of Medium.Com article: A Strong Plastics Treaty Will Help Solve Plastic Pollution, With or Without Big Plastic Producers

Should we weaken the #PlasticsTreaty just to get the biggest plastic polluters onboard?
@tangri0.bsky.social, GAIA's Science & Policy Director and a leading global waste and climate expert, says ABSOLUTELY NOT.

Here's why:
www.no-burn.org/opinion-a-st...

#CourageNotCompromise #INC5_2

"We're running out of time!"

Procedural discussions dominated the #PlasticsTreaty morning plenary, with delegations calling for the talks to "shift gear" in order to make progress on the draft treaty text

Highlights ➡️ enb.iisd.org/plastic-poll...

#INC5 #INC5_2 #plastic

Some reflections on the first few days of #INC5.2 negotations in Geneva, towards a #GlobalPlasticsTreaty.

Are the negotiations going well? Frankly, not really, though there are reasons for hope 👇

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#PlasticsTreaty #PlasticTreaty #GlobalPlasticTreaty

We are half way through #INC52 #PlasticsTreaty negotiations.

Follow us for updates from the second plenary session and WATCH LIVE via www.unep.org/inc-plastic-...

❗ #FossilFuel & chemical industry lobbyists (234+) outnumber the combined diplomatic delegations of all 27 EU nations & EU combined (233) #INC❗

- @ciel.org analysis (@breakfreefromplastic.org)

🚨This threatens the integrity of the #PlasticsTreaty 🚨

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www.breakfreefromplastic.org/2025/08/07/f...

UN plastic pollution talks must result in ambitious treaty, leading expert says Professor Richard Thompson, a marine litter expert, says delegates must act decisively to ‘look next generation in the eye’

UN plastic pollution talks must result in ambitious treaty, leading expert says

- Prof Richard Thompson says delegates must act decisively to ‘look next generation in the eye’

#plasticstreaty
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Maddening’ Proof Plastics Industry Knew Recycling Was False Solution in 1974, New Document Shows Exclusive finding by DeSmog shows high-level industry awareness that recycling plastic ‘not feasible’ as companies face lawsuits over alleged public deception campaign.

‘Maddening’ Proof #Plastics Industry Knew #Recycling Was False Solution in ❗️1974❗️, New Document Shows. #PlasticsTreaty
www.desmog.com/2025/08/05/m...

🔬 What does independent science say are priorities to consider across the treaty and its different articles?

The Scientists' coalition has published a short overview with key points and links to relevant resources.

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See it here ➡️ drive.google.com/file/d/1crqq...

Greek gods, Gama Festival and the battle of Cannae - ABC listen Who were Apollo and Artemis and why Greek mythology so inspires space exploration.

I spoke with ABC radio Australia about the #PlasticsTreaty

📻 Catch up: drag the slider to ~3.02 in www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

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🌎 The final UN negotiating session to develop a Global Plastics Treaty starts today!

👩‍🔬 I'm delighted to be attending this monumental event & continue contributing scientific evidence to the process to end #plasticpollution

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The Lancet Countdown on health and plastics Plastics are a grave, growing, and under-recognised danger to human and planetary health. Plastics cause disease and death from infancy to old age and are responsible for health-related economic losse...

A major new study in the leading medical journal The Lancet finds that plastic chemicals lead to $1.5 trillion a year in health, environmental and other costs. "The principal driver of this crisis is accelerating growth in plastic production."
See the study:
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The Thinker's Burden A 6m tall monument for the INC5.2 Global Plastic Treaty Negotiations

The incredible art installation 'the thinkers burden' from Benjamin Von Wong features the 'thinker' sitting atop Mother Earth, and entwined in DNA, to highlight the health and environmental impacts of #plasticpollution

thinkersburden.com

For the next 2 wks I'll be attending & supporting (with scientific evidence) the #UNPlasticTreaty

👀 All eyes will be on negotiators to deliver an effective treaty which will protect future generations & our planet

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