In this episode I am joined by Justine Ammendolia and Jackie Saturno, both Environmental Scientists at Dalhousie University, in Halifax, Canada.

I talk to Justine and Jackie about their work on PPE related to the COVID-19 pandemic, and how it is having an impact in the environment.

For more on Justine Jackie's work, check out: 

Tracking the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic-related debris on wildlife using digital platforms

Citizen science: A way forward in tackling the plastic pollution crises during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic

An emerging source of plastic pollution: Environmental presence of plastic personal protective equipment (PPE) debris related to COVID-19 in a metropolitan city

https://twitter.com/JustineAmmendo1

https://twitter.com/jackie_saturno

In this episode I am joined by two guests - Dr Joan D’Arcy and Dr Julien Moreau, co-founders of Plastic@Bay, a community interest company which started in the north west highlands, near cape wrath, and is now based in the Isle of Lewis, in Scotland.

I talk to Joan and Julien about their work monitoring, collecting, and recycling marine plastics in the north of Scotland.

For more information about their wonderful and important work see:

https://www.plasticatbay.org/

In this episode I speak to Martin Charter, Professor of Innovation and Sustainability, and Director of The Centre for Sustainable Design and the business school the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham, England. We talk about the Circular Economy, challenges and opportunities concerning marine plastics, the work of repair cafes, and cricket .

https://www.uca.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/professor-martin-charter/

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/martin-charter-frsa-6289097

http://www.circularocean.eu/eco-innovation-toolkit/

https://www.routledge.com/Designing-for-the-Circular-Economy/Charter/p/book/9781138081017