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Marine litter: Progress in developing an integrated policy approach in Scotland

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  • Hastings, Emily
  • Potts, Tavis

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Marine litter is a problem that undermines the Scottish Government's vision for ‘clean, healthy, safe, productive, biologically diverse marine and coastal environments, managed to meet the long term needs of nature and people’. The impacts of marine litter extend to environmental, social and economic spheres but currently the understanding of effects is limited. It is clear however, that marine litter can impact on a range of resources and ultimately threaten policy goals such as the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) and its focus on delivering a clean and healthy marine environment. The Scottish Government has initiated a process to advance a marine litter strategy as part of its response to the MSFD. This paper draws upon the literature and practice of environmental policy integration to identify opportunities and obstacles in the emerging policy response in Scotland. Ultimately, any marine litter strategy for Scotland should be innovative and forward looking, coordinating amongst the variety of sectors, users and instruments available—‘joining the dots’ to tackle the considerable challenges in educating the public and contributing to a zero waste Scotland.

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  • Hastings, Emily & Potts, Tavis, 2013. "Marine litter: Progress in developing an integrated policy approach in Scotland," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 42(C), pages 49-55.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:marpol:v:42:y:2013:i:c:p:49-55
    DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2013.01.024
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    1. Lee, Jongmyoung & Hong, Sunwook & Jang, Yong Chang & Lee, Mi Jeong & Kang, Daeseok & Shim, Won Joon, 2015. "Finding solutions for the styrofoam buoy debris problem through participatory workshops," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 182-189.
    2. Sander Van den Burg & Marian Stuiver & Jenny Norrman & Rita Garção & Tore Söderqvist & Christine Röckmann & Jan-Joost Schouten & Ole Petersen & Raul Guanche García & Pedro Diaz-Simal & Mark De Bel & L, 2016. "Participatory Design of Multi-Use Platforms at Sea," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(2), pages 1-17, January.
    3. Xenia I. Loizidou & Demetra L. Orthodoxou & Michael I. Loizides & Yannis N. Krestenitis, 2021. "A community-based approach for site-specific policies and solutions on marine litter: the example of Paphos, Cyprus," Environment Systems and Decisions, Springer, vol. 41(1), pages 33-44, March.

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