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Stakeholder alliances are essential to reduce the scourge of plastic pollution

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  • Richard S. Lampitt

    (National Oceanography Centre)

  • Stephen Fletcher

    (University of Portsmouth)

  • Matthew Cole

    (Plymouth Marine Laboratory)

  • Alice Kloker

    (National Oceanography Centre)

  • Stefan Krause

    (University of Birmingham
    Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1 Claude Bernard, LEHNA)

  • Fran O’Hara

    (Scarlet Design Int. Ltd.)

  • Peter Ryde

    (National Oceanography Centre)

  • Mahua Saha

    (CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula)

  • Anastasia Voronkova

    (University of Plymouth)

  • Adrian Whyle

    (University of Portsmouth)

Abstract

Progress to reduce plastic pollution has been painfully slow and the consequent damage to the natural environment and to human health is likely to increase further. This has been because the views and ways of working of four distinct stakeholder communities are not sufficiently well integrated. (1) Scientists, (2) industry, (3) society at large and (4) those making policy and legislation must in future find ways to work together.

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  • Richard S. Lampitt & Stephen Fletcher & Matthew Cole & Alice Kloker & Stefan Krause & Fran O’Hara & Peter Ryde & Mahua Saha & Anastasia Voronkova & Adrian Whyle, 2023. "Stakeholder alliances are essential to reduce the scourge of plastic pollution," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-3, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-38613-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38613-3
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    1. Katsiaryna Pabortsava & Richard S. Lampitt, 2020. "High concentrations of plastic hidden beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-11, December.
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