Evaluating scenarios toward zero plastic pollution

Winnie W. Y. Lau , Yonathan Shiran , Richard M. Bailey , Winnie W. Y. Lau , Yonathan Shiran , Richard M. Bailey , Ed Cook , Martin Stuchtey , Julia Koskella , Costas A. Velis , Linda Godfrey , Julien Boucher , Margaret B. Murphy , Richard C. Thompson , Emilia Jankowska , Arturo Castillo Castillo , Toby D. Pilditch , Ben Dixon , Laura Koerselman , Edward Kosior , Enzo Favoino , Jutta Gutberlet , Sarah Baulch , Meera E. Atreya , David Fischer , Kevin K. He , Milan M. Petit , U. Rashid Sumaila , Emily Neil , Mark Bernhofen , Keith Lawrence , James E. Palardy
2020 Science 1,513 citations

Abstract

A mess of plastic It is not clear what strategies will be most effective in mitigating harm from the global problem of plastic pollution. Borrelle et al. and Lau et al. discuss possible solutions and their impacts. Both groups found that substantial reductions in plastic-waste generation can be made in the coming decades with immediate, concerted, and vigorous action, but even in the best case scenario, huge quantities of plastic will still accumulate in the environment. Science , this issue p. 1515 , p. 1455

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Plastic pollutionHarmPlastic wastePollutionEnvironmental scienceNatural resource economicsWaste managementEconomicsEngineeringPolitical scienceBiologyEcologyLaw

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Environmental PollutantsEnvironmental PollutionModelsTheoreticalPlasticsRecycling

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2020
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369
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6510
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1455-1461
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Winnie W. Y. Lau, Yonathan Shiran, Richard M. Bailey et al. (2020). Evaluating scenarios toward zero plastic pollution. Science , 369 (6510) , 1455-1461. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aba9475

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