Single-Use Plastic Bans: Exploring Stakeholder Perspectives on Best Practices for Reducing Plastic Pollution
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. The Circular Economy and Extended Producer Responsibility
3. Who Is Willing to Do What?
4. A Gelatinous Solution?
5. Theoretical Framework and Methods
- Governance
- Pollution
- Lifestyle
- Geography
- Ocean
- Economy
- Waste Sorting
- Seasonality
- Pollution
- Fishing
- River Runoffs
- Invasive species
- Consumption patterns
- Policy
6. Results
6.1. Workshop and In-Depth Interviews in Norway—Stakeholder Perceptions of the Challenge
“It’s an extensive job to gain a good assessment and to find out where the disposal/release occurs and how, and which technological solutions are necessary to solve this.”(Norwegian NGO 2)
“Focus on pathways. I mean that the attention should be on pathways and where the microplastic ends up. How you can avoid it, how you can be preventative to avoid the dispersion of microplastic everywhere.”(Norwegian WWTP)
“We are talking about putting plastic into the circular economy, but that is difficult unless we reduce our consumption. The first thing we must do is reduce our general consumption on unnecessary plastic. The plastic that we still need could then be produced in a more sustainable manner, without the dependency on fossil raw materials.”(Norwegian NGO 2)
“We have seen that it is possible to ban microplastics added in cosmetics on the EU level. The unnecessary redundant microplastic cannot be removed only by placing a ban. For example, food packaging needs alternatives that we know are just as good or better.”(Norwegian NGO 1)
6.2. Slovenia Workshop—Finding a Solution
7. Discussion and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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NGOs | 4 | |
Wastewater Treatments Plants | 1 | 20 |
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Cowan, E.; Booth, A.M.; Misund, A.; Klun, K.; Rotter, A.; Tiller, R. Single-Use Plastic Bans: Exploring Stakeholder Perspectives on Best Practices for Reducing Plastic Pollution. Environments 2021, 8, 81. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments8080081
Cowan E, Booth AM, Misund A, Klun K, Rotter A, Tiller R. Single-Use Plastic Bans: Exploring Stakeholder Perspectives on Best Practices for Reducing Plastic Pollution. Environments. 2021; 8(8):81. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments8080081
Chicago/Turabian StyleCowan, Emily, Andy M. Booth, Andreas Misund, Katja Klun, Ana Rotter, and Rachel Tiller. 2021. "Single-Use Plastic Bans: Exploring Stakeholder Perspectives on Best Practices for Reducing Plastic Pollution" Environments 8, no. 8: 81. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments8080081
APA StyleCowan, E., Booth, A. M., Misund, A., Klun, K., Rotter, A., & Tiller, R. (2021). Single-Use Plastic Bans: Exploring Stakeholder Perspectives on Best Practices for Reducing Plastic Pollution. Environments, 8(8), 81. https://doi.org/10.3390/environments8080081