#33: Plastic, governance and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch with Babet de Groot

This week we speak with Ph.D. researcher, Babet de Groot. 
We discuss:


the plastic problem

ocean gyres

Biodegradable vs. degradable

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch and the difficulty in
controlling/governing plastic in the mid-ocean.

UN Conventions for Ocean Plastic

NSW Plastic Discussion Plan



Babet is currently researching at the Department of Government
and International Relations at the University of Sydney. 
Thanks for joining us Babet! Let us know what you think by
tagging @lifeonplaneta_podcast on your socials.



3:53 - The struggles of doing honors versus a thesis.


6:00 - Working at GHD


7:02 - What Babet does?


7:17 - Marine Plastic Pollution


7:41 - What is an ocean gyre?


9:07 -Degrading versus biodegradable


10:38 - Photodegradation (plastic degradation)


14:00 - Great Pacific Garbage Patch


20:00- UN Conventions for Ocean Plastic


27:00 -NSW plastic discussion


33:00 - Whose responsibility is it to deal with waste?


36:41 - China’s operational national sword


39:22 - Social and economic effects of plastic pollution


55:03 - Common but differentiated responsibility 


57:15 - Transboundary issue of problem


1:02 - Plastic Myths


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