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Everywhere: Life in a Littered World

Venue: 
The Arts Institute, Roland Levinksy Building, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
Event Date: 
Sunday, November 22, 2020 - 09:00 to Sunday, January 31, 2021 - 17:00
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What might the future look like in our littered world? Are there ways that humans, animals and plants can co-exist with or even prosper amongst the rubbish? And what will it take to clean up our act?

This online exhibition presents works by international artists who explore everyday practices of littering and consider its effects.

Everywhere is launched alongside the international conference MICRO2020 which explores the fate and impacts of microplastics in the environment, and includes a programme of online talks, events and resources – Further details to...

Plastic debris found in abundance in deep seas

Around four billion minute fibres could be littering each square kilometre of some of the world’s deep seas, demonstrating that plastic debris is now creating cause for concern in some of the remotest parts of the marine environment.

That is one of the findings of a pioneering international study examining the scale of the presence of microplastics at depths of up to 3500m in parts of...