TY - JOUR
T1 - Terrestrial fugitive plastic packaging
T2 - The blind spot in resolving plastic pollution
AU - Wallis, Christopher
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/3/17
Y1 - 2020/3/17
N2 - An opinion piece highlighting the role plastic packaging, particularly single-use commodity packaging, contributes to global plastic pollution. The article specially unpacks the quantities found on land in comparison to those found in the marine environment. While land-based plastic pollution is approximately three times bigger in terms of scale, the article notes that current research and development and policy strategies are solely focused upon marine-based pollution. The article seeks to address this by proposing strategies to readdress the balance in attention and to engage academia, government and the public in a polyvalent effort towards resolving the ecological damage being caused to our environment.
AB - An opinion piece highlighting the role plastic packaging, particularly single-use commodity packaging, contributes to global plastic pollution. The article specially unpacks the quantities found on land in comparison to those found in the marine environment. While land-based plastic pollution is approximately three times bigger in terms of scale, the article notes that current research and development and policy strategies are solely focused upon marine-based pollution. The article seeks to address this by proposing strategies to readdress the balance in attention and to engage academia, government and the public in a polyvalent effort towards resolving the ecological damage being caused to our environment.
KW - Biodegradable polymers
KW - Environmental impact
KW - Waste reduction
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85082302301&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1680/jgrma.19.00044
DO - 10.1680/jgrma.19.00044
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85082302301
SN - 2049-1220
VL - 8
SP - 3
EP - 5
JO - Green Materials
JF - Green Materials
IS - 1
ER -