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Ending Plastic Waste Symposium 2024

Join IPPIN and experts from across research, industry and government to promote cutting-edge solutions to end plastic waste.

Ocean floor a ‘reservoir’ for plastic pollution, world-first study finds.

New science has taken a deep dive into plastic waste, providing the first estimate of how much ends up on […]

How much fishing gear is lost at sea? It’s a lot, but we can reel it in.

Each year enough fishing line to circle the Earth 18 times is lost in our oceans. This is joined by […]

Global study finds more than half of branded plastic pollution linked to 56 companies

An international team of researchers has provided the first ever quantification of products from global plastic producers in the environment.

Circular economy standards for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation region 

CSIRO report on standards to accelerate the circular economy transition in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) region.

Citarum River Transformation: A Collaboration

Read Monash University's article about how Monash University, CSIRO, Universitas Indonesia and Universitas Padjadjaran have collaborated together to tackle waste […]

Revolutionising more sustainable agriculture

An environmentally-friendly, sprayable biodegradable polymer membrane product has been created.

Entrepreneurs hone innovations to tackle plastic waste in Indo-Pacific

Our Indo-Pacific Plastics Innovation Network is working with the region’s top innovators and researchers to turn plastic waste into sustainable […]

Fighting plastic waste in the Indo-Pacific

By Natalie Kikken Amelia Fyfield knows firsthand the issues of plastic waste in the Indo-Pacific.  “When I lived in Indonesia, […]

Accelerating solutions to our plastic waste problem

By Arianna Claridge-Chang What’s the secret ingredient to developing plastic waste solutions?  For Indonesian start-up Greenhope, the answer is cassava. The […]