42- What Every Traveler Should Know About Microplastics w/ Dana Zhaxylykova

About this episode

This episode discusses the impact of travel habits on microplastic pollution with researcher Dana Zhaxylykova.

When we think about sustainable travel, we often picture avoiding flights or packing eco-friendly gear. But what if the real danger lies in something we can’t even see - in microplastics? In this episode of Travel Devil, host Clara Francken talks to Dana Zhaxylykova, a microplastic researcher from Kazakhstan and co-founder of the Microplastic Free app, about how travel habits contribute to microplastic pollution. We discuss topics from tire dust on roads to the “paper” cups we drink from on p...

People in this episode

Host: Clara Francken

Guest: Dana Zhaxylykova

Topics covered

• sustainable travel
• microplastics
• pollution
• travel habits
• environmental impact

Keywords

• microplastics
• sustainable travel
• pollution
• environment
• travel habits

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microplastic Free

Places: Kazakhstan

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