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

One Earth, ISSN: 2590-3322, Vol: 6, Issue: 11, Page: 1439-1442
2023
  • 19
    Citations
  • 31
    Usage
  • 31
    Captures
  • 24
    Mentions
  • 0
    Social Media
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  • Citations
    19
    • Citation Indexes
      17
    • Policy Citations
      2
      • 2
  • Usage
    31
  • Captures
    31
  • Mentions
    24
    • News Mentions
      21
      • 21
    • Blog Mentions
      2
      • 2
    • References
      1
      • 1

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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.

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Melanie Bergmann; Hans Peter H. Arp; Bethanie Carney Almroth; Win Cowger; Marcus Eriksen; Tridibesh Dey; Sedat Gündoğdu; Rebecca R. Helm; Anja Krieger; Kristian Syberg; Mine B. Tekman; Richard C. Thompson; Patricia Villarrubia-Gómez; Anish Kumar Warrier; Trisia Farrelly

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Environmental Science; Earth and Planetary Sciences

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