Plastic Legacies: Pollution, Persistence, and Politics [Paperback]

Plastics revolutionized our world, but their unforeseen effects are accelerating many ecological and social crises—polluting both our oceans and our politics.Plastic Legaciesgathers scholars of marine biology, psychology, anthropology, environmental studies, Indigenous studies, and media studies to investigate the urgent socio-ecological challenges exacerbated by plastics. Rejecting neoliberal solutions, the contributors argue that collective action is key to securing lasting change. 

Trisia Farrellyis codirector of the Political Ecology Research Centre at Massey University, cofounder of the New Zealand Product Stewardship Council and the Aotearoa Plastic Pollution Alliance, and a member of the United Nations Scientific Advisory Committee.Sy Taffelis codirector of the Political Ecology Research Centre at Massey University. He is the author ofDigital Media Ecologies: Entanglements of Content, Code and Hardware.Ian Shawis professor of toxicology at the University of Canterbury.