Get Wasted, Session 2 : Plastic On Our Plates
Our 2nd Get Wasted Session : “Plastics On Our Plates” is dedicated to one of our most pressing issues: the 8 million tonnes of plastic leaking into the oceans every year.
We will be screening ‘A Plastic Ocean’, an award winning documentary film, followed by a Q&A panel discussion featuring business leaders, ground-up movement initiatives, social entrepreneurs and creatives.
👉 ABOUT THE ISSUE
Over 32% of all plastic packaging produced ends up in the oceans or open dump sites. Recent research showed that there are already more than 5 trillion pieces of plastics in the world’s oceans, most of them are microplastics. If we continue with “business as usual” we will have more plastic in the oceans than fish by 2050.
Plastic is certainly not evil (it’s critical for medical advancements & many other areas of our life), but it can definitely be better managed – e.g. through Circular Economy thinking and systems. This is the purpose of the event series: to understand the issue, see what different players can do (companies, governments, individuals) and see how we can collaborate.
👉 AGENDA
- 6.30pm ~ Networking, Dinner & Drinks
- 6.45pm ~ Icebreaker & Prizes
- 6.55pm ~ Screening of #APlasticOcean Documentary
- 8.40pm ~ Q&A Discussion
- 9.30pm ~ Networking & the End
👉 PRIZE
- Prize from National Geographic Live! Tickets for the next NatGeo Live show in Singapore.
- Prize for our next Get Wasted Session
👉 KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Understand how plastic is leaking into the oceans and what we can do as individuals, companies and governments
- See Initiatives / Solutions from ground-up organisations, corporations and social enterprises to tackle the issue (stopping plastic from entering the oceans)
- Understand case studies of how companies are also collecting plastic from the oceans to use in products – including Consumer Goods & Fashion brands
- Network with likeminded people from diverse backgrounds and discover collaborations (business, government, media, scientists, NGOs, social businesses)
👉 SPEAKERS
MORE SPEAKERS TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON!
Sivasothi N., a.k.a. ‘Otterman’ is a Lecturer at the Department of Biological Sciences and a Research Associate at the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore.
The problem of marine trash and abandoned drift nets clearly evident during field trips, he agreed to coordinate the first mangrove cleanup in 1997 and the effort now involves more than 70 partners with annual turnout of some 4,000 volunteers. As the national coordinator of the International Coastal Cleanup Singapore, he is assisted by a team of volunteers called the ICCS Otters. Siva gives talks in schools and organizations about marine life in Singapore and is the author and co-editor of “A Guide to the Mangroves of Singapore”, editor of Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research (RMBR) and coordinator of Toddycats! – the Raffles Museum volunteers.
Laura Allen is the COO & Co-Founder of Gone Adventurin.
Started in 2011, Gone Adventurin is a B Corporation certified Business based in Singapore and driving Circular Economy & Waste Management in Asia.
She is a specialist in Asia’s social and environmental challenges – including water scarcity & waste. She has developed sustainability projects for some of the world’s largest brands including Unilever, P&G and Danone. She has been driving Waste Management & Circular Economy projects with leading consumer brands across South-East Asia and India.