Gemma Ware and I made a podcast for The Conversation on how we ended up with so much plastic waste and what we can do about it. My suggestion is that we need to move to an economic model where companies can only sell products into regions where the waste infrastructure exists to collect, reuse, repair and finally recycle those products. Listen here.

The airlines are magicians. The magic lies in how the airlines have positioned flying as a minor part of the environmental crisis, and one which they will soon solve. They have used the classic techniques of magicians to weave this illusion: distraction, manipulation but above all psychology. We all want to believe in the magic of sustainable flight they offer us, even though it is fantasy. Read full article here