When plastic is seen as waste, managing it is paid for by taxpayers. These ways of thinking protect producers from taking on more responsibility because they aren’t regarded as polluters, despite the problems caused when plastic packaging leaks into the environment.
AuthorTeresa Sandra Perez
I am a Research Fellow at Royal Holloway, University of London. I am currently part of a team looking at the combined impact of COVID-19 and race discrimination on children, young people and parents across the UK. This builds on my prior career as a secondary school teacher in London and research in South Africa.
I focus broadly on tackling contemporary global problems, with an emphasis on how these are experienced by marginalised people in their everyday life. My projects have involved helping people in semi-arid regions adapt to climate change and helping township residents reduce plastic pollution in Cape Town. I work in collaboration with community based organisations, policy action groups and environmental pressure groups.