Online media

Dec 2022	Recycle mate app – this one isn’t a CSIRO project but we think it’s great so wanted to share!
Oct 2022	How Australia is seeing a ‘big shift’ on plastic waste. (BBC)
Oct 2022	‘Astounding’ amount of fishing gear lost in ocean each year. (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
Oct 2022	The secrets being revealed by ocean garbage patches. (BBC)
August 2022	This is the secret behind Australia’s massive beach clean-up. (World Economics Forum)
June 2022	Less plastic pollution in Australia (The Guardian) (The New Daily)
Apr 2022	Microplastics in human blood and lungs (The SeaCleaners)
Dec 2021	Marine debris in India (ABC News)
Oct 2021	Are microplastics making us sick? (The Australian)
Oct 2021	Citizen scientists contribute to environmental research (Fish Focus)
Feb 2021	Meet Dr Denise Hardesty! (Twitter)
Feb 2021	The effects of single-use plastic on albatross (The Examiner)
Oct 2020	Our discovery of over 14 million on tonne of microplastics in the world’s oceans The New York Times CNN
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)