Dr. Max Liboiron teaches geography at Memorial University of Newfoundland and directs the Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (CLEAR).

As the final round of negotiations for the adoption of an international treaty on plastic pollution approaches, calls for reducing production are increasing. However, they are being met with refusal by states that prefer to focus on improving recycling techniques. This discourse, carried by petrochemical powers, embodies the colonialism of waste.

This is explained by Dr. Max Liboiron, who has been studying plastic pollution for almost 20 years.

“Traité international sur le plastique : pour en finir avec le colonialisme des déchets (International Treaty on Plastics: To End Waste Colonialism),” Valérie Boisclair, CBC Radio Canada