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

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

One Earth

Abstract

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.

First Page

1439

Last Page

1442

DOI

10.1016/j.oneear.2023.10.022

Publication Date

11-17-2023

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