Kathy Willis is a PhD candidate at the University of Tasmania and CSIRO's Marine Debris team. Her research focuses on preventing litter from the land entering the marine system. In this chat, we discuss Australian local government waste abatement policies, outreach programs and infrastructure and their effectiveness at reducing waste in the marine environment.

This is a two-part conversation, with the second (and final) part released next week.

Links:

• Kathy Willis: https://research.csiro.au/marinedebris/our-team/kathy-willis/
• CSIRO's marine debris research program: https://www.csiro.au/en/Research/OandA/Areas/Marine-resources-and-industries/Marine-debris
• 2017 journal article "Differentiating littering, urban runoff and marine transport as sources of marine debris in coastal and estuarine environments": ttps://www.nature.com/articles/srep44479
• 2017 article "Microplastic Distribution at Different Sediment Depths in an Urban Estuary": https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2017.00419/full
• 2018 article "How successful are waste abatement campaigns and government policies at reducing plastic waste into the marine environment?": https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X17305171
•  2019 article "The Success of Water Refill Stations Reducing Single-Use Plastic Bottle Litter": https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/19/5232/pdf

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