Replay | Do plastics rule the world?
The second conference, ‘Do plastics rule the world?’, featured Henri Bourgeois-Costa, Director of Public Affairs at the Tara Ocean Foundation and co-creator of the series, and Béatrice Parance, a lawyer specialising in environmental and health law, who explored how the role of the law could be rethought at an early stage – right from the production phase – by placing the onus of responsibility back on manufacturers.
Organised in partnership with the Tara Ocean Foundation, the series ‘Plastics: a systemic poison’ explores a form of pollution that has become a global issue. Since the 1970s, scientific research has revealed the scale of the problem: from the oceans to the mountains, invisible microplastics are entering our bodies and disrupting ecosystems. The humanities and social sciences complement this picture by analysing the economic and social mechanisms underpinning our dependence on plastics.
As the seventh round of negotiations for an international treaty gets underway this year, these meetings bring together researchers and civil society to pool knowledge and inform public policy decisions. The aim is to collectively rethink our relationship with plastics and the environment.
