Designing a circular carbon and plastics economy for a sustainable future

F Vidal, ER van der Marel, RWF Kerr, C McElroy… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The linear production and consumption of plastics today is unsustainable. It creates large
amounts of unnecessary and mismanaged waste, pollution and carbon dioxide emissions …

[HTML][HTML] Global plastic pollution, sustainable development, and plastic justice

P Stoett, VM Scrich, CI Elliff, MM Andrade, NDM Grilli… - World Development, 2024 - Elsevier
This review article examines the current state of plastic waste and pollution, in particular in
the form of marine litter, as it affects the goal of sustainable development and is affected by …

International law-making process of combating plastic pollution: Status Quo, debates and prospects

S Wang - Marine Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In March 2022, the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) adopted a
historic resolution to start an intergovernmental negotiation with the purpose of develo** …

Plastics at sea: Treaty design for a global solution to marine plastic pollution

I Tessnow-von Wysocki, P Le Billon - Environmental Science & Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Treaty design is a key determinant of success for environmental regulatory regimes. Well-
designed treaties incentivise participation, reward compliance and deter non-compliance …

The cost of marine litter damage to the global marine economy: Insights from the Asia-Pacific into prevention and the cost of inaction

A McIlgorm, K Raubenheimer, DE McIlgorm… - Marine Pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
Marine litter is recognised as imposing a range of costs on marine economies and
environments as we target UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to 2030. Prevention …

Addressing marine plastic pollution: A systematic literature review

S Bertolazzi, A Cuttitta, V Pipitone - Current Opinion in Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
After being for a long time disregarded, marine plastic pollution is now a growing topic
among scholars, industry and government. It represents an enormous pressing threat to the …

[HTML][HTML] Plastic pollution in soils: Governance approaches to foster soil health and closed nutrient cycles

J Stubenrauch, F Ekardt - Environments, 2020 - mdpi.com
Plastic pollution in soils pose a major threat to soil health and soil fertility that are directly
linked to food security and human health. In contrast to marine plastic pollution, this …

Reflections on the European Union's participation in negotiations of the global plastic pollution instrument under international environmental law

Q Xu, M Zhang, S Han - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Increasing plastic pollution is looming worldwide, damaging biodiversity, marine
ecosystems, and human health. At the global level, no overarching normative framework …

Voluntary commitments made by the world's largest companies focus on recycling and packaging over other actions to address the plastics crisis

Z Diana, K Reilly, R Karasik, T Vegh, Y Wang, Z Wong… - One Earth, 2022 - cell.com
Plastic pollution has caused significant environmental and health challenges. Corporations
that contribute to the manufacture, use, and distribution of plastics can play a vital role in …

[HTML][HTML] Orchestration within plastics governance–From global to Arctic

E Cowan, R Tiller, TL Oftebro, M Throne-Holst… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
The lack of coordinated global regulation of plastics with drivers such as increasing
production and poor waste management continue to bring vast amounts of plastic pollution …