In the media

Online media

Aug 2020	Leading researcher Dr Denise Hardesty talks plastic pollution and waste management solutions (Zero Waste Countdown podcast)
Aug 2020	An app to map plastic pollution (ABC Breakfast, Hobart (Timecode: 1:44:15)
June 2020	CSIRO and Microsoft to use AI to tackle man-made environmental problems (ZDNet)
May 2020	Asia’s plastic-polluted rivers pose a problem for Australia. So scientists are turning to drones. (ABC news)
March 2020	The Conversation article – For decades, scientists puzzled over the plastic ‘missing’ from our oceans – but now it’s been found
Jan 2020	Science-Based Solutions to Plastic Pollution (One Earth)
Dec 2019	Chinese documentary on marine plastic featuring Lauren
Sept 2019	Quarter of world’s commercial fishing lines lost or abandoned, study finds (ABC news)
May 2019	Tiny plastic trash killing seabirds: study (SBS News)
Mar 2019	Balloons found to be deadliest marine plastic for seabirds (ABC News) Balloons play an outsize role in seabird deaths (The Wildlife Society)
Sep 2018	How much plastic does it take to kill a turtle? (Australian Academy of Science video)
Sep 2018	Sea turtles that eat 14 pieces of plastic have 50 per cent chance of dying, CSIRO study finds (ABC News)
Sep 2018	How much plastic does it take to kill a turtle? Typically just 14 pieces (The Conversation)
Apr 2018	‘Plastic is literally everywhere’: the epidemic attacking Australia’s oceans (The Guardian)
Feb 2018	Deposit schemes reduce containers in the ocean by 40% (The Conversation)
Oct 2017	Plastic bottles, toothbrushes, chip bags make up huge floating garbage site in Caribbean (ABC News)
Mar 2017	Plastic pollution toll on wildlife expected to rise to 95 per cent, G20 to hear (Sydney Morning Herald)
Mar 2017	Tasmanian beaches have more glass rubbish than plastic, study finds (ABC News)
Dec 2016	Half of all seabirds along south-east Queensland coast have plastic in stomachs: CSIRO (ABC News)
Oct 2016	Research reveals socio-economics influence rubbish levels in Australia (Sydney Morning Herald)
Sep 2016	UQ study examines seabird stomachs, finds lots of plastic, balloons (Brisbane Times)
Sep 2016	Lower-income neighbourhoods have bigger litter problems, CSIRO research reveals (ABC Online)
Jul 2016	To kill a seabird – Does plastic actually kill? (NZ Herald)
Feb 2016	FactCheck: do Australians with an average seafood diet ingest 11,000 pieces of plastic a year? (The Conversation)
Sep 2015	Seabirds are eating plastic litter in our oceans – but not only where you’d expect (The Conversation)
Aug 2015	Plastics in seabirds: A pervasive and growing problem that requires global action (National Geographic)
Feb 2015	Eight million tonnes of plastic are going into the ocean each year (The Conversation)
Jan 2013	Ghostnets fish on: marine rubbish threatens northern Australian turtles (The Conversation)
Aug 2011	Marine debris: biodiversity impacts and potential solutions (The Conversation)

Television and radio

Sept 2019	Kelsey Richardson discussing her recent publication on estimating the amount of commercial fishing gear that’s abandoned or lost in global waters every year. Listen here. (ABC news)
May 2019	Qamar Schuyler shares her thoughts on the finding of plastic in the Marina Trench with ABC news. Listen here. (ABC news)
Mar 2019	Lauren Roman and Denise Hardesty discuss seabird mortality and marine debris as a major news headline Watch here (from 6:22 to 8:03 minutes) (Channel 7) Lauren also performed various radio interviews on the topic with ABC Drive and Southern Cross Radio.
May 2018	Denise Hardesty joined a panel of experts to discuss threats to the ocean, marine parks, pollution, and possible solutions on The Drum. (ABC)
Mar 2018	Chris Wilcox discusses the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (ABC News 24) Watch the interview here
Feb 2018	Qamar Schuyler discusses how Container Deposit Legislation can reduce plastic in the ocean by up to 40% (ABC Local Radio, Hobart) Listen to the interview here
Apr and Sep 2016	Lauren performed a series of radio interviews regarding her research on seabirds and plastic.
Feb 2014	Scope Season 3 Episode 177 MARINE MANIA (Channel Ten)
Sep 2012	Denise Hardesty discusses CSIRO’s world first study of the plastics around the Australian coastline on Catalyst. Watch the episode here (ABC)

CSIRO Blogs

Jun 2017	Plastic problem: a global solution
Dec 2016	Talkin trash this Christmas
Sep 2016	Eureka! Marine debris team wins award
Sep 2015	Seabirds are eating plastic litter in our oceans – but not only where you’d expect
Sep 2014	The oceans are full of plastic – here’s what we can do about it
Sep 2012	Scientists and schools tackle marine debris