2021
DOI: 10.3390/environments8080081
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Single-Use Plastic Bans: Exploring Stakeholder Perspectives on Best Practices for Reducing Plastic Pollution

Abstract: In this study, we conducted and documented workshops and interviews in Norway and Slovenia to identify stakeholder and future generation opinions and mitigation strategies for solving one of the most prominent environmental issues: plastic pollution. As part of the EU H2020 project GoJelly, stakeholders were brought together to explore their perceptions on considering jellyfish mucus as a new resource to contribute to reducing plastic pollution from entering the marine environment. The study was conducted in t… Show more

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“…To commence a treatment plan for the increase in plastic and microplastic pollution during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the ongoing massive use of PPE, it is important to adopt and foster risk assessment frameworks, bioengineering-technology, governance strategies and feasible bans to mitigate and eradicate macroplastics (e.g., single-use plastics) and microplastic pollution from the coastal-marine environments as documented elsewhere [7,8,10,48,[50][51][52][53][54][55]. Nonetheless, it is also imperative to assess and address the inequalities in who causes plastic pollution, who experiences and who are the recipients of the health impacts and consequences, and who can fix it by providing solutions along with those who have the political will to make the decisions and call for actions to divorce from a plastic dependence and foster more proactive life cycle assessments (i.e., from the extraction of raw materials to legacy plastic pollution) with agreements at the international level [55].…”
Section: Discussion and Recommendationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…To commence a treatment plan for the increase in plastic and microplastic pollution during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the ongoing massive use of PPE, it is important to adopt and foster risk assessment frameworks, bioengineering-technology, governance strategies and feasible bans to mitigate and eradicate macroplastics (e.g., single-use plastics) and microplastic pollution from the coastal-marine environments as documented elsewhere [7,8,10,48,[50][51][52][53][54][55]. Nonetheless, it is also imperative to assess and address the inequalities in who causes plastic pollution, who experiences and who are the recipients of the health impacts and consequences, and who can fix it by providing solutions along with those who have the political will to make the decisions and call for actions to divorce from a plastic dependence and foster more proactive life cycle assessments (i.e., from the extraction of raw materials to legacy plastic pollution) with agreements at the international level [55].…”
Section: Discussion and Recommendationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is worth mentioning that plastic packaging is mainly used to package perishable food and beverages [ 146 ]. Moreover, in recent years, the increase in the use of e-commerce platforms and the boom in food delivery services have led to an increase in the frequency of the use of plastic products, leading to a rise in the production of MPs; these were also associated with the COVID-19 crisis of 2020–2022 [ 147 ] and the use of disposable personal protective equipment (face mask, gloves, protective suits, and goggles) [ 92 , 148 , 149 ].…”
Section: Risk Of Plastic Particles Entering the Human Body Via The Fo...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We argue that the first step toward stakeholder inclusion begins with a mapping process. In transdisciplinary research, identifying a wide range of stakeholders prior to concentrating on the research problem will bring diversified views to constructively influence the process from the beginning stage (Leventon et al, 2016;Cowan et al, 2021). It is crucial for researchers to be more explicit about how stakeholders are identified and chosen for a given project in order to understand who has the biggest opportunity to shape research outcomes (Leventon et al, 2016) as well as provide best practice knowledge.…”
Section: How To Identify Key Stakeholdersmentioning
confidence: 99%