Paul Harvey is an environmental science researcher at Australia’s Macquarie University. He is also co-owner of The Wonky Carrot, a small company focused on sustainable and plastic-free products. https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/contributor/paul-harvey/rss en Governance Plastic Pollution Solutions Fri, 06 Jul 2018 08:30:00 +0000 Paul Harvey https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/community/2018/07/06/sometimes-we-really-need-single-use-plastics https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/community/2018/07/06/sometimes-we-really-need-single-use-plastics As governments around the world rightly consider bans of various kinds of disposable plastics, nuance is needed to protect crucial applications, such as in research, food aid and medicine, argues environmental science researcher Paul Harvey of Macquarie University.