The Future Of: Plastic [FULL PODCAST EPISODE]

Is plastic pollution a design flaw we can actually fix? In this episode, David Karsten and Celeste Fourie are joined by Dr Atiq Zaman, Associate Professor at Curtin University and UN advisor, to discuss why recycling alone won't solve the plastic crisis – and what a genuinely circular system could look like. 0:00 Intro 2:35 Why only 14% of Australia's plastic gets recycled 4:00 The REDcycle collapse and the missing market for recycled plastic 5:44 The reality of "green" alternatives like biodegradable plastic 8:15 Zero-trace and non-pollutant plastic: a new framework 15:49 What Australia can learn from informal recycling systems in the Global South 26:15 Waste as a design flaw: what a circular plastic system looks like 31:42 The emerging threat of atmospheric microplastics To discover more episodes: http://curtin.edu/t9hfy2 Find realistic solutions for your business or industry: http://curtin.edu/workwithus #TheFutureOf #CurtinResearch