Plastic pollution is ubiquitous. And it is increasing rapidly. Only if we can change the way we depend in almost everything we do on plastics can we reduce the increase of this pollution. We aim to fully understand the extent of plastic pollution, assess the threats this pollution poses to the Earth's life-support system and humans, and develop approaches for products and processes in all domains of our societies with minimum use of plastics and with barriers for increases in plastic pollution of the planetary system.
If we want to effectively fight plastic pollution, we need all hands on board. Your hands are needed! Join us.
[Jul. 25, 2024] News: The Mitigate Plastic Pollution VCC is under construction. Visit again soon to see the progress.
[Feb. 24, 2026] New Scenario for 2028 Points to an AI-related Highly Undesirable Future for Economy: Aisha Down and Dan Milmo discuss in their article “‘A feedback loop with no brake’: how an AI doomsday report shook US markets” the scenario study “THE 2028 GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE CRISIS A Thought Exercise in Financial History, from the Future” by Citrini and Alap Shah posted on February 22, 2026 on Substack. This study points out that the financial system of today was optimized over decades for a world of scarce human minds. AI changed this: “This is the first time in history the most productive asset in the economy has produced fewer, not more, jobs. Nobody’s framework fits, because none were designed for a world where the scarce input became abundant. So we have to make new frameworks. Whether we build them in time is the only question that matters.” The authors point out that the economy could find a new equilibrium, and “getting to this new equilibrium is one of the few tasks left that only humans can do. We need to do it correctly.”
