ECOTOXIQ

Discovering ocean plastics in the South Pacific.

Sampling Ocean plastics in the South Pacific- 2360 nautical miles.

Inhabited by trash

How the Basel Convention tracks trash.

Pressure from the public to act on plastic pollution is growing, but swapping plastic for other materials doesn’t necessarily mitigate the issue and can rather skew the consumer’s view of what ‘environmentally friendly’ actually is and what it’s trying achieve. So are eco-branded products really protecting our environment? It’s important to look beyond the eco label and into the product’s lifecycle through what is called a ‘lifecycle assessment’– a technique to assess environ

Plastic pollution in the South Pacific garbage patch

Cutting-edge scientific research evaluating distribution, abundance and microplastic composition in the South Pacific Ocean gyre.