In her podcast Plasticsphere, Anja Krieger explores the question of how humanity can tackle the global challenge of plastic pollution. Plastic is everywhere in the world; it is the basis of our modern life. However, plastic pollution has a massive impact on nature and humanity. Anja Krieger examines the topic of plastic pollution from a wide variety of perspectives in her Plasticsphere podcast.
Podcast URL: https://anjakrieger.com/plastisphere/
Episode Guide
| No. | Episode | Title | Listen to episode | Published | Description Excerpt | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 14 | Tackling Plastic Production: Why and How to Do It | 2025-12-02 | It's the elephant in the room: The growth of plastic production and how that contributes to pollution. In this episode, we're taking a look at … | Plastic production growth, Production cap, Single use packaging, Recycling limits, Downcycling problem, Additives and chemicals, Waste incineration lock in, Waste to energy impacts, Fossil fuel feedstock, Climate emissions, Carbon budget, Global plastics treaty, Extended producer responsibility, Deposit return systems, Environmental externalities | |
| 14 | 13 | Reuse, Reuse, Reuse! How a Tradititional Concept Can Help Reduce Plastic Waste | 2025-11-26 | You’ve probably heard the mantra of reduce, reuse, recycle. And oftentimes, it’s that last word, recycle, that we think of when looking to solve plastic … | Reuse systems, Reuse policy, Refill stations, Sachet packaging, Single use plastics, Packaging hierarchy, Toxic free reuse, Microplastics exposure, Food contact safety, Informal reuse culture, Preservation of reuse, Reuse taxonomy, Environmental justice, Extended producer responsibility, Plastic treaty negotiations | |
| 13 | 12 | Beyond Recycling - The Many Meanings of the Circular Economy | 2025-11-19 | When we speak about plastic pollution, a central idea to solve it is that of the circular economy. And when this idea of circularity is … | Circular economy, Circular society, Ten r framework, Resource preservation, Refuse rethink reduce, Reuse and sharing, Repair and refurbish, Remanufacture, Recycling systems, Closed loop recycling, Open loop recycling, Repurposing, Energy recovery, Sufficiency and wellbeing, Consumption ethics | |
| 12 | 11 | Guilt-free plastics? The idea of plastic credits and its realities | 2025-11-07 | Wouldn’t it be great to have something like guilt-free plastics? A plastic product you can just buy without worrying that you are contributing to pollution … | Plastic credits, Plastic offsetting, Carbon credits, Greenwashing claims, Waste pickers, Informal recycling, Dump sites, Dandora Nairobi, Waste management justice, Petrochemical influence, Market based solutions, Additionality concept, Luxury brand marketing, Global south impacts, Plastics treaty policy | |
| 11 | 10 | Teaser - BOY WASTED: A bale of plastic. A mystery body. A global investigation | 2025-10-03 | =+++Podcast recommendation+++ There’s a concrete yard with piles of plastic, and lying on the ground is the body of a boy – grotesquely ripped apart. … | ||
| 10 | 9 | Plastic Pollution in Turkey, from Biology to Waste Trade | 2025-09-30 | In this episode we’ll travel to Turkey with Sedat Gündogdu. Sedat is a Turkish marine biologist and works as a professor at Cukurova University in … | Microplastics research, Plastic waste trade, Waste exports, Recycling pollution, Illegal dumping, Food chain contamination, River pollution, Marine debris, Sea turtle nesting, Environmental activism, Scientific intimidation, Single use plastics, Recycled food contact, Environmental crime, Turkey plastic pollution | |
| 9 | 8 | Plastic Chemicals - A Toxic Relationship and How We Can Start Fixing It | 2025-09-24 | In this episode, we’re taking a deep dive into plastic chemicals and their impacts on human and environmental health. You’ll learn why it’s not such … | Chemical migration, Endocrine disruptors, Food contact chemicals, Food packaging safety, Micro nanoplastics, Mixture toxicity, PFAS regulation, Phthalates, Plastchem database, Plastic additives, Plastic toxicity, Public health costs, Regulatory reform, Reusable containers, Toxicology dogma | |
| 8 | 7 | Early Heroines of Plastic Pollution, Part II: Meet the Women who Started the Beach Cleanups (Linda) | 2025-09-19 | In this episode, we’re going to head out to the beach for the 40th International Coastal Cleanup Day. It’s a huge event which has been … | Beach cleanups, Citizen science, Brand audits, Corporate accountability, Data framing, Environmental activism, Galley waste dumping, Marine debris, MARPOL annex v, Ocean conservancy, Ocean dumping ban, Plastic pellets, Plastic pollution, Plastics industry partnerships, Volunteer mobilization | |
| 7 | 6 | Early Heroines of Plastic Pollution, Part I: Meet the Women who Started the Beach Cleanups (Judie) | 2025-09-12 | In this episode, we’re going to head out to the beach for the 40th International Coastal Cleanup Day. It’s a huge event which has been … | Beach cleanups, Citizen science, Coastal pollution, Data collection, Environmental activism, International coastal cleanup day, Marine debris, Ocean dumping, Plastic industry influence, Plastic pollution, Plastics recycling narrative, Styrofoam pollution, Volunteer mobilization, Waste classification, Women environmental leaders | |
| 6 | 5 | How [Not] to Make a Plastics Treaty - What really happened in Geneva? | 2025-08-26 | After 11 days of talks between 180 nations in the middle of a heatwave, the final session dragged late into the night. The next morning … | Plastic treaty, Treaty negotiations, Geneva talks, Un environment assembly, Unep mandate, Full life cycle, Chair draft controversy, Health article, Production measures, Waste management focus, Consensus deadlock, Inc 5.2, Inc 5.3, Busan text, Legal drafting group | |
| 5 | 4 | How [Not] to Make a Plastics Treaty - Update from Geneva (INC 5.2.) with Neil Tangri | 2025-08-13 | How [Not] to Make a Plastics Treaty - Update from Geneva (INC 5.2.) with Neil Tangri by Anja Krieger … | Plastic treaty, Inc 5.2, Geneva negotiations, Chair draft, Production limits, Full life cycle, Like minded group, Global south, Consensus rule, Voting mechanism, Basel convention, Ottawa process, Un general assembly | |
| 4 | 3 | The Youth Movement at the Plastics Treaty Talks | 2025-08-11 | Dejea Lyons and Shellan Saling from the Youth Plastic Action Network leave no doubt: To save the Plastics Treaty process and get to a meaningful … | Youth plastic action network, Inc 5.2, Plastics treaty negotiations, Geneva talks, Intergenerational equity, Human rights, Full life cycle approach, Small island developing states, Civil society participation, High ambition coalition, Youth advocacy, International youth day | |
| 3 | 2 | How [Not] to Make a Plastics Treaty - Update from Geneva (INC 5.2) with Magnus Lovold | 2025-08-09 | How [Not] to Make a Plastics Treaty - Update from Geneva (INC 5.2) with Magnus Lovold by Anja Krieger … | Inc 5.2, Geneva talks, Plastics treaty, Consensus rule, Majority voting, Progressive majority, Spoiler countries, Like minded group, Treaty negotiations, Chair text, Contact groups, Procedural rules, Break point, Treaty adoption | |
| 2 | 1 | How [Not] to Make a Plastics Treaty - Nothing is Agreed Until Everything is Agreed | 2025-05-08 | When the plastics treaty negotiations in South Korea ended without a result last December, media reports suggested they had failed. But not so fast - … | Inc 5, Busan talks, Plastics treaty, Nothing is agreed, Full life cycle, Production cap, High ambition coalition, Spoiler tactics, Consensus rule, Decision making, Legal drafting group, Treaty adoption, Conference of parties, Products and chemicals | |
| 1 | 0 | Fact-check your assumptions: Become a plastic mythbuster! | 2024-12-05 | The Plastic Mythbusters project is a collaboration between the Helmholtz Centre Hereon and the University of Strathclyde. Try our quiz and learn more in our … |