Plastic Pollution scientist & lecture @BangorUni | #microplastic, alternative biodegradable plastics | @Scientists_Coa #PlasticsTreaty @winniecj.bsky.social
Bangor, Wales
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Science has provided increasing evidence of the sources, distribution & effects of #microplastics
🌎 Global action & rethinking the way we produce and use plastic are critical
Read more in our multidisciplinary summary in @ScienceMagazine
science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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Our new report has analysed nurdle pollution in biodiversity hotspots and protected areas around the world🌎
Nurdles have been found in 84% of UK sites surveyed of special scientific interest 🔎
Our report ➡️ hub.nurdlehunt.org/resource/…
The article ➡️ theguardian.com/environment/…
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Our Great Global Nurdle Hunt 2025 Report is out!
📈 Since 2013: 90% of hunts in biodiversity hotspots found #nurdles
In Oct 2025:
🌍 1,500+ volunteers in 25 countries ran 297 hunts
🔎Nurdles found in 92% of countries
Report▶️hub.nurdlehunt.org/resource/…
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📣 OYSTER EuroMarine – Call for New Members 📣
⌛ Call is open! Deadline: 19 December 2025 ⌛
More info here: euromarinenetwork.eu/news/oy…
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The 2025 results webinar is almost here! 🎉🌎
Join us this Wednesday 26th November 2025.
We will be sharing the 2025 Great Global Nurdle Hunt results + new analysis on #nurdle pollution in protected and #biodiversity hotspots.
Register now➡️ us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
Really enjoyed speaking at the @Nature & @CommonSeas roundtable '#Microplastics, a threat to human & planetary health'
Fantastic discussions with fellow panelists and audience
Talks will be shared: natureconferences.streamgo.l…
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The #GreatGlobalNurdleHunt starts today! 🌎
This month thousands of #nurdlehunters will be collecting vital #plasticpellet pollution data & calling for change💪
Be part of the solution 🔎
For more on how to take part & how to download our new app▶️nurdlehunt.org.uk/take-part/…
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The #GreatGlobalNurdleHunt 2025 starts tomorrow!😃 Are you ready to take part?
Download a Resource Pack today and find out how you can join nurdle hunters around the world this October and call for an end to #nurdle pollution👉 hub.nurdlehunt.org/resource/…
#nurdles #plasticpollution
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💣 An excellent piece of the #PlasticsTreaty Whistledown (aka @magnuslovold) of what happened behind the scenes at the end of #INC5.2. Once again, important questions are raised about the role of UNEP, which seems to support a low-ambition treaty #Plastics
medium.com/points-of-order/p…
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Less than 2 weeks to go until the start of the #GreatGlobalNurdleHunt 2025! 📅
🤔Unsure how to join in? Don't worry! Find all you need to organise and promote your own #nurdlehunt in our event resource packs👉 hub.nurdlehunt.org/resource/…
📸 Durham Wildlife Trust
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JOIN US TOMORROW! A critical conversation on science in the #PlasticsTreaty. What is it telling us? Where is it headed? Why it matters now, more than ever. 📅 Thurs | Sept 11
🕓 12pm ET | 6pm CET
After eleven days of negotiations in Geneva with organizations from around the world, INC-5.2 for a global #PlasticsTreaty ended in deadlock and disappointment.
For more insights, join our webinar with leading researchers on September 11: zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_…
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📢Resource Packs Available Now!📢
The #GreatGlobalNurdleHunt 2025 resource packs are out now, full of useful information & resources to help you take part this October 1st - 31st🌍
Download your copy and take part!👉 hub.nurdlehunt.org/resource/…
#nurdles #NurdleHunt #plastic
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The last round of negotiations for a UN Global #PlasticsTreaty ended in disappointment, but ambition from the majority of countries to address the whole lifecycle of plastic from #plastic production to waste remains
Read more in our latest news bulletin👉 nurdlehunt.org.uk/news/inc5-…
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"The ability to tell the truth, esp. when it doesn't suit any particularly partisan aims, is an essential prerequisite for a free society. Scientists can leverage their substantial social standing & trustworthiness to preserve this vital ingredient"
science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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🔔 Ambitious countries made it clear. We will not accept a UN Plastics Treaty that caters to polluters, at the cost of our bodies & environment.🌏 The work for a strong treaty continues. ✊ Read the key takeaways from INC5.2: bit.ly/418pVeo
#PlasticPollutes
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HIGHLIGHTS: Ahead of the final plenary a coalition of member states, scientists, civil society groups & rights-holders united with one message:
📢 A weak treaty fails the world. Delegates must choose ambition to protect people & the planet! #PlasticsTreaty #INC52
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Plastics Treaty talks are over. 11 grueling days of delays, distractions & gaslighting, and we are leaving Geneva without a treaty. But hope for an ambitious #PlasticsTreaty lives on.
📽️ More from @delphinelevialv + @Davzoul
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With just hours left in #PlasticsTreaty talks, @theeco_nomist 🇵🇦 reminds us: our health, our children, our future are on the line. 📣 Share. Call. Urge your representatives to fight for this once-in-a-lifetime treaty.
👉 Act now: bit.ly/3HyTgI7
The final session to develop a Global #PlasticsTreaty is underway
🕙With less than 48 hours to go, the window for action is closing. Negotiators must now show courage if the world is to get a treaty capable of protecting people and the planet.
#INC52
theconversation.com/were-wit…