Can a circular economy approach stem the streams of plastic waste?

12 March 2024

Sustainable impact, Faculty of Engineering and Design, Business School, The Challenge, Future of the planet

SPECIAL FEATURE: Researchers from engineering, business and design take on the big problem of what to do with the growing mountains of plastic waste.

New Zealand needs to reduce the mounting waste streams of plastic.
New Zealand needs to reduce the mounting waste streams of plastic.

A cross-Tasman team of researchers are developing a 'game of consequence'. By bringing the real world problem of plastic waste into a gaming platform the team wants to empower the multitude of stakeholders in agricultural plastics to understand how they can stem plastic waste streams. 

SPECIAL FEATURE from Mātātaki | The Challenge

Republication and sharing inquiries: Gilbert Wong, gilbert.wong@auckland.ac.nz

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