#PlasticsTreaty Shorts

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We have exceeded six of the nine planetary boundaries. In her message to Plastisphere, Bethany Carney Almroth from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden tells us about one of them - the planetary boundary of novel entities which include plastics and chemicals. The only planetary boundary we have been able to move away from is the ozone depletion in the upper atmosphere. And why? Because when a ‘hole’ – or a thinning - in the ozone layer was discovered in the 1980s, countries from around the world acted quickly and signed a treaty to phase out the CFCs, the chemicals which were destroying the ozone layer. Let's hope that the plastics treaty follows in the footsteps of this success story!

Read the transcript of this episode here: https://anjakrieger.com/plastisphere/2023/11/10/plasticstreaty-shorts-the-planetary-boundary-with-bethanie-carney-almroth/

If you’d like to share a thought or demand for the plastics treaty, you can contribute too. My mailbox is open for your voice messages until the end of the negotiations. I will pick some of these messages for a short podcast episode like this one. You can find recording instructions here:

https://anjakrieger.com/plastisphere/send-a-voice-message/

#PlasticsTreaty Shorts: The Planetary Boundary with Bethanie Carney Almroth

For a long time, we treated disposable plastic and waste as if there was an “away” – a place, where we could safely dispose of our trash. But as we all know, nothing disappears just magically. Each year, the world produces over two billion tons of waste, and hundreds of millions tons of that are plastic. There is no away, and all this stuff goes somewhere – to landfills, dumps, incinerators, recycling facilities, or into the environment. But our plastic products don’t  always end up close to where they are used. Waste is traded globally, and especially the hard-to-recycle plastics are shipped to places abroad. Often, there’s not enough infrastructure to deal with this waste plastic in a safe way. So it is openly dumped, recycled without protecting the workers’ health, or lost to the environment – with impacts for the local people and ecosystems. Listen to messages by Nirere Sadrach from Uganda, and Sharifa Ismail from Malaysia. 

You can read the transcript of this episode here: https://anjakrieger.com/plastisphere/2023/11/16/plasticstreaty-shorts-waste-colonialism-with-nirere-sadrach-and-sharifa-ismail-transcript/

Learn more about your country in the "Plastic Overshoot Day" episode (second half): https://soundcloud.com/plastisphere-podcast/plastic-overshoot-day

WWF study on costs for low vs. high income countries: https://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/press_releases/?10004441/lifetime-cost-plastic

These messages are part of the #PlasticsTreaty Shorts series. If you’d like to share a thought on solutions for plastic pollution, send Anja a voice message. Her mailbox is open for contributions until the end of the treaty negotiations. Some of the messages will be published. Please follow the recording instructions here:

anjakrieger.com/plastisphere/send-a-voice-message/

#PlasticsTreaty Shorts: Waste Colonialism with Nirere Sadrach and Sharifa Ismail

Welcome again to Plastisphere, the podcast on plastics, people, the planet – and politics! Today, the INC-3, the third round of negotiations towards a global plastic treaty, will wrap up in Nairobi – and Anja received a timely message from one of the attending journalists: Julien Gupta is a freelance journalist from Germany working on climate and the environment. He says some of what he observed at INC-3 in Nairobi very much surprised him. Listen to his message from yesterday, Saturday, November 18th, 2023.

You can find the CIEl report referenced by Julien here: https://www.ciel.org/news/fossil-fuel-and-chemical-industries-at-inc-3/

If you’d like to learn more about the role of science in the negotiations, listen to our episode from earlier this year, “Science over Profit”:  https://anjakrieger.com/plastisphere/2023/05/12/ep13-plastictreaty/

Find out more about the Scientists 'Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty here: https://ikhapp.org/scientistscoalition/

If you are currently at the negotiations in Nairobi and have comments to share, we’d be super grateful to hear about them! Send Anja a voice message by following the instructions on the Plastisphere website: https://anjakrieger.com/plastisphere/send-a-voice-message/

For German listeners, you can follow Juliens reporting here: https://steadyhq.com/de/treibhauspost/newsletter/sign_up
https://taz.de/teamzukunft

#PlasticsTreaty Shorts: The Fossil-Fuel Lobby at INC-3 with Julien Gupta

That was crazy. Although it was the first set of the evening, the large room filled up quickly — massive thanks to everyone there. I loved the vibe! You went with me through all the edges of BASS music! Trap, Grime, Dubstep, Jungle... You ROCK!

And big up to the DJs who played after me, perfect fit! 
blastah (https://soundcloud.com/blastahlx)
and _upsammy from Netherlands ( https://soundcloud.com/upsammy) 

Festival page: https://www.ctm-festival.de/festival-2024/programme/schedule/event/rso-night-robus

Tracks:
Eprom - Motion Blur
Dub Across Borders - Bass Tree Dream (BssMssg 002)
Laalach - TroyBoi
Modelle - James Blake . CMYK (https://modelle.bandcamp.com/track/james-blake-cmyk-modelle-remix)
Peverelist - Roll with the Punches
Dolenz, Sumgii - Nil Feels
TroyBoi & Hussi - Interstellar
Fred Again.. & Skrillex (bullet tooth Bootleg) - Rumble
TroyBoi - Bellz (https://soundcloud.com/troyboi)
TroyBoi - Don’t Want
Ourman - Dizzy
Mystic State - Telling Me Nothing (https://soundcloud.com/mysticstate/)
Tajan x fwdslxh - Beautiful
Tropkillaz & TroyBoi Te Amo
TroyBoi & UZ - Yalla
Yoofee - Wings
vromm - Molecular (https://soundcloud.com/vromm)
Lavier - Simple Questions, Long Answers
Ivy Lab - Suzuki
Juju Beats - The Cobra (https://soundcloud.com/jujubeatz)
Pete x Bas x Fumez the Engineer - Plugged In (Part 1)
CB x Fumez the Engineer - Plugged In (Part 2.2) 
Flowdan - Shell A Verse (borne Remix)
SHADES - Immortals feat. MC GQ
D3XTR x Quite Possibly - Leftover Milk & Pineapple Chunks (https://beetranch.bandcamp.com/track/leftover-milk-pineapple-chunks)
Savej - Yarnana (ft. Lil Fish)
Artificial Red & T-Break - The 7 D's
Kwengerz - Meditation
DJ Zinc - Gettin Down (https://soundcloud.com/zinc)
We Rob Rave - Ghetto Blaster (Polo Lilli Remix)

Tracks:

CTM - 2024 - BarbNerdy

Opening Set for --> CTM - 2024 at RSO in Berlin

The penultimate session to negotiate the global plastics treaty ended just a few days ago in Ottawa, Canada. One of the journalists attending was Stephen Leahy, a science and environmental journalist who’s reported on climate and other issues for the past 30 years. Steve has written for dozens of publications including National Geographic, the Guardian, New Scientist and The Atlantic. Anja asked him about his impressions of this fourth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, the INC4. Hear more in Steve's audio message. 

You can follow Steve’s reporting via his substack page leahy.substack.com

To send a voice message follow the instructions here: https://anjakrieger.com/plastisphere/send-a-voice-message/

#PlasticsTreaty Shorts: Report from INC-4 in Ottawa with Stephen Leahy

Sirine Rached is the Global Plastics Policy Coordinator at GAIA, the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives. In her message, Sirine shares why she doesn’t believe in certain technologies that are currently promoted to solve the plastics crisis. 

Read more on GAIA’s positions in the PlasticsTreaty talks here:  no-burn.org/unea-plastics-treaty

Send me a voice message - it might be published! Follow the instructions here:
https://anjakrieger.com/plastisphere/send-a-voice-message/


#PlasticsTreaty Shorts: Burning plastics and chemical recycling with Sirine Rached

Anja is at INC5, the final round of negotiations for the global plastics treaty. On the opening day, she asked people about their expectations - and witnessed the magic of diplomacy: Break free from brackets!

With input from (in order of appearance):
- Smail Alhilali (UNIDO)
- Anjeli Debaraja
- Jose Lopez Reyes (Dominican Republic Delegation)
- Angelica C. Pago (Greenpeace East Asia)
- Doe Johnson (International Alliance of Waste Pickers)
- Indumathi, translated by Akbar Allahbakash (Hasiru Dala)
- Shanti Tamang, translated by Janu Dangol (Trash for Peace)
- Maria Angelica Ikeda (Representative of Brasil)
- Winni Lau (Pew)

Thanks to Grid Arendal for supporting Anja's travels to South Korea with a grant!

#PlasticsTreaty Shorts - Brackets Busan Style

My first harvest from the community garden! Listen as I cook grown up macaroni and cheese with lamb's quarters and talk about handling fresh greens.

First Harvest

Klunkerkranich, Berlin - 2.4.2017
Read here what it was all about --> http://hallama.org/music/hiphop_mix_2017

This was fun! 

Yusef Lateef - Love Theme from „Spartacus“
L’Orange & Mr. Lif - the Perfect World Radio Hour: Day 279 
Dom Salvador & Abolicao - Hei! Voce
Dexter - Everyday Like This
Knxwledge. - 1. ivekried_
Astronomy Class - Four Barang In a Tuk-Tuk https://soundcloud.com/elefanttraks/03-astronomy-class-four-barang
Wally Clark - Television News https://gummysoul.bandcamp.com/album/goodbye-america
Sampa the Great - Blue Boss
Wally Clark - Save The World https://gummysoul.bandcamp.com/album/goodbye-america
@Dexter - Pictures (feat. Josa Peit)
Like - Blah Loops ft. Kai Uchis
Dope & Fresh - The Cool Kids - Summer Jam feat. Maxine Ashley https://soundcloud.com/dopenfresh/the-cool-kids-summer-jam-feat
Mos Def - Sunshine
Dexter - Brazilian Schwanensee
Jonwayne - J 10
L’Orange & Mr. Lif - The Perfect World Radio Hour: Day 421
Chester Watson - Phantom 
Mick Jenkins - Jazz https://soundcloud.com/mickjenkins
Coldcut - Only Heaven (feat. Roots Manuva)https://soundcloud.com/ninja-tune/sets/coldcut-only-heaven-feat-roots
Ahzumjot, Juicy Gay, Dexter, Crack Ignaz & Genz- I Bims Das (Instrumental)
Grodio - WundaBarn https://soundcloud.com/grodio/wundabarn-1
RANGA - Robert Stone - Chill Bill (Instrumental)
Dexter - Airy (unreleased!)
When I’m In Awe feat. Gonjasufi
Juju Rogers & Bluestaeb - Rigth On!
Grodio - Bledegem https://soundcloud.com/grodio/bledegem-1
Sepalot - Mein Herz
Little Simz - Dead Body,  Pts 2 & 3 (feat. Stromzy & Kano)
WarriYah Melek - Days Of Noah (Prod. STLNDRMS) - ft. King La’Mon
Mac Miller - Suplexes Inside of Complexes and Duplexes
Edan - Sing it Shitface (Donavexx IV)
N.E.R.D - Bobby James
DJ Koze - Homeboy Sandman - Holiday (Kosi & Fink’s Edit)
Little Simz - LMPD (feat. Chronixx)
Kalii - Lady Leshurr - #UNLESHED 2 https://soundcloud.com/ladyleshurr
Prinzess Nokia - Tomboy (Nire RMX)https://soundcloud.com/nire/tomboy-nire-remix
DADDY prod marmari @https://soundcloud.com/cyberiscrap/daddy-prodmarmari
Nadia Rose - Skwod
JStar - Know me from (Jstar Boot)https://soundcloud.com/jstar-1/know-me-from-jstar-boot
The Streets - Lets Push Things forward

BarbNerdy Sundayjoint at Klunkerkranich 04.2017

Sweet HipHop for a sunny sunday in spring

some sketches inspired by stories underneath the surface / ground

Regenwurmwalzer

Fungus Dance

Melancholic Mole

The podcast on plastic, people, and the planet by @anjakrieger.

Plastics have become the basis for our modern lives, but they also pollute the planet. Will we be able to develop a healthy relationship with these materials we’ve created?

Follow Anja on a journey into the world of synthetic polymers, their impacts on nature and ourselves, and the global quest to tackle plastic pollution. Each episode explores the issue from a different angle, featuring a diverse set of voices and viewpoints.

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