Plastics, key players in the global ecological crisis

17 March | Cycle "Plastics: not-so-fantastic poisons"

Tuesday

March

2026

6:30 pm

8:30 pm

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This first meeting in the series ‘Plastics: not-so-fantastic poisons’ will explore the link between plastics and an economic system based on overproduction and planned obsolescence. More than just markers of our consumer society, they enable its structuring.

Sociologist Baptiste Monsaingeon and Henri Bourgeois Costa, Director of Public Affairs at the Tara Ocean Foundation, will discuss this issue.

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At the end of the discussion, you will have the opportunity to ask our guests any questions you may have. The meeting will be followed by a social gathering.

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À propos des intervenants

Baptiste Monsaingeon is a sociologist specialising in science, technology and the environment. He is a senior lecturer at the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne and seconded to the CNRS within LISIS. For more than ten years, he has been studying the relationship between contemporary societies and waste, with a particular interest in plastics and their socio-technical trajectories. His publications include Homo detritus. Critique de la société du déchet (Homo Detritus: A Critique of the Waste Society) with Éditions du Seuil. In 2024, he was awarded the CNRS bronze medal.

Henri Bourgeois Costa is a specialist in ecosystem geography. After working for NGOs since 1997, he developed expertise in water, biodiversity and the industrial environment (eco-design, plastics processing, recovery). Since 2019, he has been working at the Tara Ocean Foundation, where he advocates for the circular economy, particularly with regard to plastics and toxic substances, and raises these issues at the international level in the context of UN negotiations.

About the Tara Océan Foundation

The Tara Ocean Foundation is France's first recognised public interest foundation dedicated to the ocean. For more than 20 years, it has been striving to bring about a revolution to preserve life, convinced that the ocean is essential to the balance of our planet. Exploring the ocean and sharing scientific discoveries to raise collective awareness is at the heart of the foundation's mission.

It conducts scientific expeditions, in partnership with leading international research laboratories, to study marine biodiversity and understand the impacts of climate change and pollution. It raises awareness among citizens, from younger generations to political decision-makers. Thanks to its status as a Special Observer at the UN, the foundation actively participates in international ocean governance.

Exploring, sharing and protecting this living ocean is more vital than ever. Together, let's defend life. Let's protect the ocean. Find out more about the foundation at https://fondationtaraocean.org/.