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Here you will find a complete overview of the latest stories and research briefs from IKHAPP

Stories
April 22, 2024

Bioplastics for a circular economy

Research Technology
How compatible are bio-based plastics with a circular economy, and what will it take for these relatively niche polymers...
Stories
April 18, 2024

IKHAPP at the 3rd Regional 3RproMar Workshop in Iloilo City

ASEAN Environment Stories
IKHAPP at the 3RproMar Knowledge Partnership for Marine Litter Prevention IKHAPP participated at the 3RproMar 3rd Region...
Stories
January 5, 2022

LITTERBASE: Online Portal for Marine Litter

Environment Stories
Over the last decade, the progress in marine litter research has increased exponentially making it difficult to keep tra...
Stories
February 1, 2024

Research on the environmental, food security and health impacts of food system plastics

Agricultural plastics Research Society
A systematic scoping review of the environmental, food security and health impacts of food system plastics.  While food...
Stories
January 19, 2024

Global marine litter research 2015-2020: Geographical and methodological trends

Research Technology
A systematic review of research on marine macrolitter densities between 2015–2020 revealed considerable knowledge gaps...
Stories
November 22, 2023

Critical advances and future opportunities in upcycling of plastic waste

Research Technology
Less than 20 percent of post-consumer plastic waste is currently recycled, primarily for energy recovery or through mech...
Stories
November 13, 2023

Plastic pollution – What progress are we making to solve this global environmental challenge?

Environment Stories
Written by Richard C. Thompson OBE FRS, Professor of Marine Biology University of Plymouth Richard C. Thompson is a mari...
Stories
October 18, 2023

Reducing medical plastic waste

Medical plastic waste Stories Technology
    Identifying and reducing specific fractions of operation room medical waste to enhance material circularit...
Stories
October 16, 2023

Tackling plastic pollution at the source through ecofriendly menstruation products

Environment Society Stories
Authors: Diya Chakravorty and Vilde Kloster Snekkevik, Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA)  It is estimated t...
Stories
October 9, 2023

Clean-up technologies need to be regulated to secure benefit to the environment and society

Cleanup technologies Research Technology
Cleaning Up without Messing Up: Maximizing the Benefits of Plastic Clean-Up Technologies through New Regulatory Approach...
Stories
July 27, 2023

The INCA tool: How mathematical models can help us assess plastic releases and curb pollution

ASEAN Environment Stories Technology
Get to know the Integrated Catchment (INCA) model family, and how such models can help to understand the sources and fat...
Stories
June 21, 2023

Thousands of unknowns – tackling the chemical complexity in plastics

Environment Stories
The detrimental health impacts of certain plastic chemicals, such as phthalates and bisphenol A (BPA), have received att...
Stories
June 8, 2023

A global plastic treaty in the making: Updates from the second intergovernmental negotiating committee (INC-2)

Global plastic treaty negotiations Society Stories
Infographic on the Journey Towards Ending Plastic Pollution – highlighting the key processes, milestones and stake...
Stories
April 13, 2023

Understanding the interactions between plastic particles and (trace) elements in water

Environment Research
Figure 1: Example of plastic fragments covered with biofilm (visible as a green layer). Image obtained with an optical m...
Stories
March 31, 2023

New collaboration between IKHAPP and GIZ on preventing plastic pollution in the ASEAN region

ASEAN Environment Society Stories
IKHAPP will work closely with the German development agency GIZ and ASEAN in a project called “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle ...
Stories
January 3, 2023

Plastic Pollution in the Coastal Environment: Current Challenges and Future Solutions

Research Society
Important aspects of microplastic pollution in the marine and coastal environment are its sources, distribution pathways...
Stories
November 23, 2022

How a global instrument to end plastic pollution can enable a just transition for the people informally collecting and recovering waste

Global plastic treaty negotiations Informal sector Society Stories
A new report titled “Leaving no one behind: How a global instrument to end plastic pollution can enable a just transit...
Stories
November 16, 2022

Recycling of multilayer plastic packaging materials by solvent-targeted recovery and precipitation

Research Technology
Post-industrial multilayer plastic films represent a large waste source, due to inefficiencies in production. More than ...
Stories
December 26, 2022

The cost of marine litter damage to the global marine economy

Research Society
In this study, McIlgorm et al. (2021) estimates the direct damage costs of marine litter on the Asia-Pacific Economic Co...
Stories
September 14, 2022

“Plasticulture”: Concerns about the environmental implications of agricultural plastics are in the international spotlight

Agricultural plastics Environment Stories
Written by Damian Benskin Plastic products used throughout the agricultural industry provide many benefits, but their us...
Stories
June 4, 2022

Insights from the ad hoc open‑ended working group preparing for the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on plastic pollution

Global plastic treaty negotiations Society Stories
From May 29. to June 1. 2022, state representatives, civil society, and businesses came together in Dakar, Senegal for a...
Stories
May 30, 2022

Defining the risk presented by novel entities: How plastic and chemicals affect Earth system integrity

Environment Research
The planetary boundaries framework has been introduced to define a safe operating space for human activity. Novel entiti...
Stories
May 27, 2022

Can a global plastic treaty facilitate for a just inclusion of the informal waste sector?

Informal sector Society Stories
Reflections from the online Expert Group Meeting exploring possibilities for a just inclusion of the informal waste sect...
Stories
April 18, 2022

How are governments responding to global plastic pollution? A glimpse of the Plastics Policy Inventory, and a COVID-19 update

Environment Global plastic treaty negotiations Research
Authors Zoie Diana,a Tibor Vegh,b Rachel Karasik,b Janet Bering,c Madison Griffin,c Christian Laspadac, Jonathan Schacht...
Stories
April 25, 2022

Is global plastic pollution nearing an irreversible tipping point?

Environment Global plastic treaty negotiations Research
The understanding of the geophysical, ecological and (eco)toxicological impacts of plastic pollution is complex, but alr...
Stories
January 10, 2022

Safeguarding our soils: A new priority in microplastic research

Agricultural plastics Environment Stories
We need to investigate the risks of this exposure and set evidence-based limits for safe levels of contamination. For th...
Stories
January 6, 2022

“We must look to land-based sources of plastic to the environment to make a meaningful impact on global plastic pollution.”

Cleanup technologies Environment Stories
Interview with research scientist and microplastics expert Rachel Hurley about land-based sources of plastic pollution a...
Stories
December 1, 2021

Combatting plastic pollution through interdisciplinary research and capacity building in “hotspot” countries

ASEAN Society Stories
The involvement of Southeast Asian countries is central for solving the global plastic pollution problem. This story fea...
Stories
November 25, 2021

Stronger together: The role of regional instruments in strengthening global governance of marine plastic pollution

Global plastic treaty negotiations Research Society
This analysis by the Potsdam Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) looks at regional level governance rol...
Stories
November 25, 2021

Evaluating scenarios toward zero plastic pollution

Research Technology
This article discusses possible strategies for reducing global plastic pollution and estimates the effectiveness of diff...
Stories
December 1, 2021

Beach Litter Deep Dives: how to ensure the relevance of marine litter data to decision-making processes in the Arctic and beyond

Cleanup technologies Society Stories
Scientist Jannike Falk-Andersson tells the story of the development of the Deep Dive methodology working with fisheries ...
Stories
December 1, 2021

CIMPA: Towards a circular economy where plastic films don’t go to waste

Stories Technology
How the CIMPA project aims to make multilayer plastic films recyclable, saving up to 2.34 million tons of new plastic ma...
Stories
November 25, 2021

Strengthen the global science and knowledge base to reduce marine plastic pollution

Global plastic treaty negotiations Research Society
The negotiations on a global agreement on plastic pollution has started, and scientists, policymakers and stakeholders a...
Stories
November 25, 2021

Basic principles for development and implementation of plastic clean-up technologies: what can we learn from fisheries management?

Cleanup technologies Environment Research
This paper discusses sustainability issues related to applying macroplastic clean-up technologies using two principles t...
Stories
November 25, 2021

How a voluntary industry contribution can transform the plastic economy

Cleanup technologies Research Society
This research article highlights the environmental and health costs related to fossil fuel-derived plastics (FFP) and ca...
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