Dr Randa L Kachef

February 28, 2025

Media

Donald Trump wants to bring back plastic straws, but the world is going in another direction. 2025, The Conversation.
Why plastic bottles now have their caps attached. 2024, The Conversation.
Three water companies face big fines for sewage spills – it won’t do any good unless our whole approach to waste changes. 2024, The Conversation.
A ban on plastic wet wipes may lead to more river pollution, not less. 2024, The Conversation.
‘Polite littering’ is a rubbish problem – here’s why the British approach to tackling clean ups is not working. 2024, The Conversation.
Public awareness about sewage pollution is the first step – monitoring is the next. 2024, King’s College London.

The rise of ‘polite littering’: Brits are strategically placing rubbish on window ledges, bushes, and lamp posts because they can’t be bothered to find a bin 26/11/2025, Daily Mail
Ban on plastic wet wipes won’t slim down sewer-blocking fatbergs 21/11/2025, The Times
Will the wet wipe plastic ban be enough to clear our sewers? 20/11/2025, The Grocer.
Hidden Dangers of New Wet Wipe Legislation 18/11/2025, BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast.
Hidden Dangers of New Wet Wipe Legislation 18/11/2025, BBC Radio Berkshire with Kirsten O’Brien.
Are retailers and suppliers doing enough in the war on wet wipes? 02/10/2025, The Grocer.
Litter Increases in Cardiff 09/05/2025, BBC Wales, The Phone in with Oliver Hides.
Are plastic straws really so bad for the environment? 03/09/2025, Deutsche Welle.
Local Litter Legend March 2025, Thanet District Council Action Against Litter Newsletter – Issue 9.
Quote of the day 02/10/2024, Nature.
Thames Pollution And Human Waste Feature In Science Gallery Exhibit 13/11/2024, Forbes.

Regional Variations in Urban Trash: Connections between Litter Communities and Place. 2024, Sustainability.
Litter impact index: A proposed weighting of litter items to inform sustainable packaging development and extended producer responsibility. 2025, Journal of Cleaner Production.
Forget the facts: a humanistic approach to addressing contemporary issues in urban waste management. 2025, Geography.
Transfer dynamics of litter: Introduction to new vectors in the mobility of terrestrial litter. 2025, Next Research.
Not all litter is littered: An exploration of unintentional means of public waste generation. 2023, Environmental Challenges.

Addressing Litter in Meeting Circular Economy Goals. 2025, King’s College London, London, UK.
A Scatology of Sewage. 2025, Science Gallery London, London, UK.
Targeting Consumer Behaviour for Sustainable Water Management in London. 2024, Thames Water, London, UK.
Influencing Policy with Scientific Research. 2022, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, London, UK.
Applying Litter Research to Taxation Policy. 2019, HMRC Energy, Environment and Transport, London, UK.
How can collaboration deliver the Litter Strategy. 2017, Houses of Parliament, London, UK.
Social Indicators of Security and Risk Perceptions. 2017, Society for Risk Analysis Nordic Chapter, Espoo, Finland.
The Geography of Litter Symposium. 2017, Society for Risk Analysis Europe, Lisbon, Portugal.
Failures in Risk Communications During the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull Eruption. 2015, Complex Interactive Processes (CIP) annual conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
National Progress of Tackling Litter in the UK. 2015, Houses of Parliament, London, UK.

I am the Thames and the Thames is me 2024-2025, Science Gallery London, London, UK.
Sh*t Happens! 2024-2025, Science Gallery London, London, UK.

Study Reveals Foot Traffic as Surprising Driver of River Pollution 2025, King’s College London.
SSPP celebrates impactful research across the faculty 2022, King’s College London.
Geography with Impact: House of Commons Launch 2018, King’s College London.