PERC is hosting two lunchtime seminars with visiting scholars this week. Recordings will be made available on the website soon after. Join the online events here. We hope to see you there! Plastics and Planetary Boundaries with Patricia Villarrubia-Gómez Wednesday 9 August, 12 – 1pm NZST In person Massey SST 3.07 and online In this lunchtime event, Patricia will be presenting …
PERC in the Media, 2022
PERC’s co-director Trisia Farrelly made a number of appearances in the media during 2022, discussing plastic pollution, the development of the global treaty for plastic pollution and more. Catch up on some of the discussions using the links below:
Politics of Plastic Pollution lecture
Associate Professor Farrelly will give a public talk at the Palmerston North Central Library on Tuesday 15 November. Trisia will speak about her involvement in the United Nations Environment Assembly since 2017, the resolution for a global plastics treaty, her role as technical advisor for Pacific Island countries and New Zealand’s potential role in negotiating a comprehensive and effective treaty. …
Historic Commitment To Tackle Plastic Pollution
PERC is ecstatic with the news that representatives from 175 nations at the UN Environment Assembly in Kenya have endorsed an historic resolution to end plastic pollution and develop a legally binding treaty by 2024. PERC co-director Trisia Farrelly says “that this is a historic moment that we have been building up to for years. The scope of the mandate …
Masters Scholarship Opportunity: Plastic pollution and an international response
PERC co-director Trisia Farrelly will be the supervisor of a fully-funded 2022 Masters scholarship (stipend and fees) generously offered by ESR. ESR is New Zealand’s Crown Research Institute specializing in science relating to people and communities. Our world-class knowledge, research and laboratory services help our partners and clients solve complex problems and protect people in New Zealand and around the …
Marine Litter, Plastics Pollution, and Human Rights: Factsheets on preventing plastic pollution in the Pacific region launched
16 November 2021, Apia (PRESS RELEASE) Despite not being producers of plastics, and contributing as little as 1.3% to global plastics pollution, the Pacific region is on the frontline of the plastic crisis and is disproportionately impacted by plastics pollution. In a bid to support Pacific Island policy makers in their efforts to develop strategies to address this issue, a …
Aotearoa Plastic Pollution Alliance 2021 End-of-Year Hui 2-3 December
The Aotearoa Plastic Pollution Alliance (APPA) has released the full programme of events, taking place online and in person (COVID permitting) in Pōneke/Wellington on December 2-3. A range of presentations demonstrate the breadth and depth of APPA members’ expertise and brings together science, creativity, business, policy, research and advocacy for the sake of restoring the mauri of Papatūānuku and Tangaroa, …
PERC’s Contribution to the Plastic Management Index
Back to Blue, an ocean health initiative of Economist Impact and The Nippon Foundation, has released a report introducing the Plastics Management Index (PMI). Plastics Management Index: Evaluating effective management and sustainable use of plastics is based on two global surveys and an index that ranks 25 countries across 44 indicators across three pillars (governance, systemic capacity and stakeholder engagement). …
Plastic Pollution Experts Call For A More Ambitious And Comprehensive National Plastics Action Plan
Three New Zealand organisations working to prevent and mitigate plastic pollution, Para Kore, Aotearoa Plastic Pollution Alliance (APPA) and the New Zealand Product Stewardship Council (NZPSC) welcome the Ministry for the Environment’s recently-released National Plastics Action Plan, but say it could go much further. PERC co-director and Co-Founder/Trustee of APPA and NZPSC, Trisia Farrelly, says The Plan begins rightfully noting …
PUBLICATION: Plastic Legacies
Emerging from the fully online 2017 conference ‘The Lives and Afterlives of Plastics‘ is the open-access book Plastic Legacies. Edited by PERC co-directors Trisia Farrelly, Sy Taffel with Professor Ian Shaw, the volume brings together scholars from the fields of marine biology, psychology, anthropology, environmental studies, Indigenous studies, and media studies to investigate and address the urgent socio-ecological challenges brought …