However, what gets overlooked is that the large ships used to drag the collection net have a sizable carbon footprint. Dragging nets through ocean water with massive ships powered by fossil fuels adds to air and climate pollution. In their own Environmental Impact Assessment report, it can be ...
Although solutions required to reduce plastic and micro (nano)plastic pollution are diverse and cannot be properly addressed in this short critical review, some current and future solutions include: extended producer responsibility programs [35]; prevention initiatives to reduce single-use plastic use [...
This review analyzes the subject focus of 45 articles (published 2019–2021), dealing with government action to regulate plastic pollution. Policies described in the articles and introduced between 2016 and 2021 are clustered in four categories: production – consumption – disposal – circular approach...
Legacy plastic in rivers can flow into the oceans. Interceptor 011 in Tivoli Gully prevents trash from flowing into Kingston Harbor, Jamaica and further into the marine environment. LEGACY PLASTICS AND GARBAGE PATCHES Plastic pollution has a global impact, and so the treaty’s solutions must be ...
Grenada is by no means the worst. On a recent trip to Jamaica we were shocked by the sheer scale of plastic beach pollution found on the less touristy beaches. The same happened on a recent trip to Bali and we even noticed plastic beach pollution when back home in Australia. ...
s oceans of plastic. When drifting offshore, floating plastic pollution accumulates in areas where oceanic currents converge. TheGreat Pacific Garbage Patch(GPGP) is the largest accumulation of floating ocean plastics in the world, home to an estimated100,000 ...
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Plastic pollution is a global environmental challenge with serious implications for human health. Most of the work on plastic waste to date has focused on assessing and mapping impacts and remedial activities, which are important but do not attempt to understand the attitude and behaviour of the ...
In fact, promoting the production and use of traditional plastic straw substitutes aims to resolve plastic pollution. Enterprises and consumers play important roles in promoting disposable plastic straw substitutes and environmental protection. However, such literature is short of a study on enterprise ...