Stories by Dave Ford

Dave Ford is founder of the Ocean Plastics Leadership Network, a 127-member activist-to-industry organization dedicated to solving the ocean plastics crisis. The Global Plastics Treaty Dialogues are a capacity-building series to help build bridges of understanding between organizations in the developed and developing worlds. Ford's goal is to help enable the most inclusive and rapid global treaty in history. Follow him on Twitter @dave__ford and on LinkedIn.

Oceans

We Need a Global Plastics Treaty to Stop an Environmental Disaster

Truly global participation in the process will create more than just a Paris Agreement for plastics

February 22, 2022 — Dave Ford and Henry Englert | Opinion

Environment

We Need a Paris Agreement for Plastics

They’re flowing into the natural environment every day at an unprecedented rate

December 30, 2020 — Dave Ford | Opinion

Pollution

COVID-19 Has Worsened the Ocean Plastic Pollution Problem

A drastic increase in use of masks and gloves, plus a decline in recycling programs, is threatening the health of the seas

August 17, 2020 — Dave Ford | Opinion