This blog post is probably my own reflection and opinion regarding the plastic pollution issue by face masks. I believe that an important step for us to take is to fix the way we frame the issue of plastic pollution… Continue Reading →
When we think of hazards and disasters, we usually first think of those natural hazards such as typhoons, floods, and volcano eruptions. With the coming of the Anthropocene, there is an increasing prevalence of man-made hazards, such as nuclear disasters… Continue Reading →
Previously, I briefly mentioned the notion of a binary way of thinking (also known as dichotomous thinking), which often result in humanity’s alienation from nature. Back then, I was looking at human/nature, but when I further wrote about production and… Continue Reading →
According to UNCTAD (n.d.), a circular economy, also known as the cradle-to-cradle model, is a mode of production, consumption, and waste management which “entails markets that give incentives to reusing products, rather than scrapping them and then extracting new resources”…. Continue Reading →
This solution was quite expected for me but I found another interesting way in which we can recycle the plastic parts of our single-use face masks – that is to use them to make benches. The following video is made… Continue Reading →
While road construction is an alternative way to make good use of face masks so to reduce plastic pollution by face masks, it is not a bulletproof solution. It has been pointed out that recycling face masks (and other “plastic-y”… Continue Reading →
I was researching more solutions for the mask pollution problem and I found this very interesting possible solution on recycling disposable face masks into road material. It is based on a study done by Australian researchers at RMIT. According to… Continue Reading →
I believe that you, just like me, have thought of the idea of using reusable face masks to mitigate our plastic pollution problem by disposable face masks. However, when we opt for reusable masks, there is a variety of factors… Continue Reading →
When we think of plastic pollution, we should not think of it as the most reduced way of thinking face mask pollution, for our case study. While I have been linking face mask pollution to plastic pollution most of the… Continue Reading →
Previously, we have adopted Actor-Network Theory as a concept to highlight plastics as being actants: non-human plastics have the power to affect human lives in various ways, from being daily necessities to pollution issues. Currently, plastics have increasingly become more… Continue Reading →