Dr Bonnie Monteleone:

Co-founder, Executive Director and Director of Science, Research and Academic Partnerships for Plastic Ocean Project, Inc. whose mission is to educate through field research, implement progressive outreach initiatives, and incubate solutions to address the global plastic pollution problem.

A field scientist, researcher and student supervisor in the Chemistry department at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW).

A 5 Gyres Institute ambassador; part of the Ocean Defenders Alliance;

Cape Fear Rise Above Plastic through Surfrider;

the UNCW Marine Mammal Stranding Program;

Algalita Marine Research Foundation;

NC Monofilament Recovery and Recycling receptacles at Johnny Mercer Peer;

contributes to the Plastic Ocean Project blog and more!

She has collected plastic marine samples globally including 4 of the 5 gyres, the Caribbean, and has extended this work to Pyramid Lake, in a Nevada desert outside of Reno.

BZE Radio August 2016

The passionate Dr Monteleone joins the Beyond Zero team to talk about:

plastic leachates,

persistent organic pollutants (POPs) uptakes,

plastic ingestion by marine organisms and

the many solutions and projects she is running.

She is also an accomplished artist, turning some of the plastic she collects on her  voyages into modern artistic masterpieces.

Dr Bonnie Monteleone on Twitter