Managing Plastics: Uses, Losses and Disposal
Journal article, 2019
Even if leakages of plastic into the environment are curtailed, the legacy of plastic pollution over the last seventy years will remain, particularly in the oceans. Marine plastic litter is a problem of the Global Commons and requires global action for its collection. Currently, landfilling of collected marine plastic debris is the only feasible option but, if economic uses can be found, this will partially offset future demand for fresh plastics.
Pollution
Marine debris
Regulation
Plastics
Re-use
Waste management
recycling
Litter
Author
Roland Clift
University of Surrey
Henrikke Baumann
Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Environmental Systems Analysis
Richard Murphy
University of Surrey
Walter Stahel
The Product-Life Institute
Law, Environment and Development Journal
1746-5893 (ISSN)
19001hDriving Forces
Sustainable development
Subject Categories
Social and Economic Geography
Other Environmental Engineering
Law
Environmental Management
Textile, Rubber and Polymeric Materials