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Planet Hope: Revolutionising the world's plastic waste problem with Miranda Wang
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Length:
41 minutes
Released:
May 20, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
This is Planet Hope, a new podcast from The Times in partnership with Rolex and its Perpetual Planet Initiative, hosted by Stories of Our Times as a bonus weekly series each Saturday.With estimates suggesting that there are more than 5 trillion pieces of micro and macro plastics in our seas and continued reports stating that a truckload of plastic enters our oceans every minute, we can no longer turn a blind eye to the life cycle of plastic products once they are thrown in the bin. Environmental Editor for The Times, Adam Vaughan is joined by scientist, tech entrepreneur and Rolex Awards for Enterprise Laureate Miranda Wang to learn how her innovative upcycling technology is paving the way for plastic to have a second, third… maybe even evergreen life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
May 20, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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