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✨ Opening the Bin: Plastic Bestiaire Artistic Installation✨ As we prepare for the #OTB4 conference next week, we’re excited to share a glimpse of Plastic Bestiaire, the monumental artistic installation by Pascal Garret, at Lieu-Totem in Le Mans! 🌐 bab-el-louk.org/?p=6451

Excited to introduce our final #OTB4 keynote speaker, Daniel Sosna! A social anthropologist at the Czech Academy of Sciences, Daniel researches the social & political dimensions of #waste and everyday resource use in Central Europe. eu.avcr.cz/en/about-us/st… #OTB

#OTB4: Le Vie en Bin amazing conference program is out! “Totem place of Rudology”, Le Mans Université, 10-13 December 2025 Over 100 international speakers & 20 countries represented! otb4.sciencesconf.org/?forward-actio…

Excited to introduce our final #OTB4 keynote speaker, Sylvie Ayimpam! Her research focuses on informal economic practices and forms of informal regulation in Central and West Africa. Read more about her research here: lnkd.in/eUBVsR8i #wasteresearch

🎉 Registration is now open for the OTB4: Le vie en Bin! 📌 Check out your inbox for our registration email and take advantage of our preferential rate until 1 October! We can't wait to welcome you this December for what promises to be an engaging conference! #OTB4 #waste

We are pleased to introduce our next #OTB4 speaker, Baptiste Monsaingeon! Baptiste is a lecturer at the @universitereims and studies the place of #waste, particularly #plastics, in our societies. Read more about his research and publication here: shs.cairn.info/auteur/659147?…

We are delighted to introduce our next #OTB4 keynote speaker, Mary Lawhon! She is Professor of Political Ecology at @EdinburghUni and researches the impact of #waste on broader understandings of justice and #sustainability. Read more about Mary’s work: marylawhon.com

Happy to present our second #OTB4 keynote speaker, Rosalind Fredericks! Rosalind is Associate Professor at @nyuniversity - Her research is centered on development, urbanism, and political ecology in Africa. Read more about her research & role: gallatin.nyu.edu/people/faculty…

Excited to introduce our first #OTB4 keynote speaker, María José Zapata Campos! She is an Associate Professor at the University of Gothenburg. Her research explores the organizing of grassroots initiatives for sustainability. Read more about María José: gu.se/en/about/find-…

Hello #OTB community! We’ve just launched our Bluesky profile – follow us at @openingthebin.bsky.social! We're exploring the possibility of gradually transitioning from this X profile to Bluesky. Let us know what you think by leaving a comment or sending us a private message!

📢 #OTB4 Conference – Extended Call for Abstracts! 📅 New deadline: April 30 📍 Conference dates: December 10-13 🏫 Location: Le Mans Université, France Check out the details and submit your abstract here: 👉 otb4.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/… #waste

📻 ALL you NEED is WASTE! Listen to the new, vibrant playlist dedicated to the musical presence of discards, waste, garbage, and rubbish imaginaries in our lives! 🎷 Now live on Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/5chmv… The amazing author Herve Corvellec warmly welcomes suggestions.

🚮Opening the Bin returns for its 4th edition, 'Le Vie en Bin', this December 2025, hosted by @LeMansUniv, France! 🌍Join the international community in exploring and discussing waste materials and practices! 🗓️ Submit your abstract by 31/03/2025: otb4.sciencesconf.org #OTB4

The new #OTB book is out! 📝"Waste Research from the Social Sciences and Humanities Perspectives: Reopening the Bin" 🔖 Available at: cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-… @CamScholars

Forward to the next Opening the Bin conference, 'La vie en bin!'! Watch this space for future announcements📷 eso.cnrs.fr/fr/actualites/… #OTB4 #waste @LeMansUniv

In a new study shows a plant-based polymer that biodegrades, even when it’s ground into a microplastic, in under seven months... newatlas.com/environment/al…

A dark side of fashion industry and its waste management...Textile waste is an urgent global problem, with only 12 per cent recycled worldwide, the majority is used for low value items like insulation or mattress stuffing... euronews.com/green/2024/07/…

If we want to beat plastic pollution, recycling will never be enough! sciencefocus.com/comment/reuse-…

Litter picking can work as a therapy... A woman in Plymouth creates images of landscapes across Devon and Cornwall using litter found on local beaches... bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

It was really great to join SSPP / NERC Enabling Research Programme Event event taking place on 17 April 2024 and 18 April 2024 at National Oceanography Centre, Southhampton. Two days of rich discussion on future research related to tackling plastic overconsumption...