Question: in the future could you possibly help plastic pollution stop

Matt Keith answered on 11 Jun 2019:

I’d like to think so! Part of the problem with plastic pollution at the moment is that plastic is just too cheap to produce – that means it’s a perfect material for packaging and is quickly thrown away. For that reason, I think the best way to stop plastic pollution would be to introduce new laws or taxes on plastic which then makes things like paper cheaper to use.

There will always be a need for plastic though and I hope that my research will help find a way to deal with any plastic which does have to be produced after it’s been used.