MAGNO PROJECT NEWSLETTER – 1st Semester 2026
Welcome to the MAGNO Newsletter – First Half of 2026 The first half of 2026 has been a productive and exciting period for the MAGNO project. Over the past months,…
MAGNO Featured in The Plastic Shift, a New Book on the Future of Plastics and Circularity
The podcast Plastic. Climate. Future has recently launched The Plastic Shift, a new book that launches on 12 June 2026, and brings together twelve chapters inspired by conversations from the…
New Scientific Review on: Microplastic-induced gut dysbiosis and metabolic alterations in juvenile European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax): A multi-omics approach
MAGNO partner Mohamed Banni is involved in forthcoming research exploring the effects of environmental microplastics on juvenile European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax), contributing to the growing scientific discussion around plastic pollution…
Supermarkets as Architectures of Consumption
If you think grocery shopping is simply a matter of necessity, let me tell you: you are mistaken. You may not know it, and you may not even be aware…
Streaming Waste: What Film and Television Reveal About Sustainability, Packaging, and the Overconsumption Crisis of Contemporary Life
There was a time when waste remained largely invisible in our daily lives. Packaging disappeared into bins, plastics vanished from supermarkets overnight, and the environmental consequences of consumption when bearable unfolded far away from the spaces where products…
MAGNO at Polymers 2026: Advancing Sustainable and Circular Materials
From 8 to 10 April 2026, the MAGNO project took part in the international conference Polymers 2026: From Sustainability to Smart Systems, held in Lisbon, Portugal. The event brought together…
New Scientific Publication: Microplastics and Their Impact on Human Health
New Scientific Publication: “Impact of environmental microplastic exposure on HepG2 cells: unraveling proliferation, mitochondrial dynamics and autophagy activation” MAGNO partner Mohamed Banni has contributed to a new scientific publication investigating…
MAGNO Workshop at INSTM: Assessing the Ecosystem and Health Impacts of Plastic Packaging Waste
MAGNO Workshop at INSTM: Assessing the Ecosystem and Health Impacts of Plastic Packaging Waste On 22 January 2026, within MAGNO’s Work Package 4 (Task 4.2), a participatory workshop on “Assessing…
MAGNO Consumer Insights – Month 12
MAGNO CONSUMER INSIGHTS – Month 12: Tools, Resources, and the Future In the final chapter of our Consumer Awareness Campaign, we moved from awareness to orientation. Because knowing that plastic…
MAGNO Consumer Insights – Month 11
MAGNO CONSUMER INSIGHTS – Month 11: Community and Educational Initiatives In the eleventh chapter of our Consumer Awareness Campaign, we turned our focus to where lasting change truly takes root:…