Moving from symptom management to upstream plastics prevention: The fallacy of plastic cleanup technology

Bergmann M., Arp H. P., Carney Almroth B., Conger W., Dey T., Gündoğdu S., ...Daha Fazla

One Earth, cilt.6, ss.1-4, 2023 (SCI-Expanded)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Teknik Not
  • Cilt numarası: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.oneear.2023.10.022
  • Dergi Adı: One Earth
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-4
  • Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Plastic removal technologies can temporarily mitigate plastic accumulation at local scales, but evidence-based criteria are needed in policies to ensure that they are feasible and that ecological benefits outweigh the costs. To reduce plastic pollution efficiently and economically, policy should prioritize regulating and reducing upstream production rather than downstream pollution cleanup.

Plastic removal technologies can temporarily mitigate plastic accumulation at local scales, but evidence-based criteria are needed in policies to ensure that they are feasible and that ecological benefits outweigh the costs. To reduce plastic pollution efficiently and economically, policy should prioritize regulating and reducing upstream production rather than downstream pollution cleanup.