Mitigation strategies to reverse the rising trend of plastics in Polar Regions
Plastic marine pollution in the Arctic today illustrates the global distribution of plastic waste of all sizes traveling by wind and waves, entering food chains, and presenting challenges to management and mitigation. While currents move plastics from lower latitudes into the Arctic, significant was...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:9b06c545b7204f1fbf827522bf347d7f 2023-05-15T14:01:12+02:00 Mitigation strategies to reverse the rising trend of plastics in Polar Regions Marcus Eriksen Franco Borgogno Patricia Villarrubia-Gómez Emily Anderson Carolynn Box Nicole Trenholm 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.105704 https://doaj.org/article/9b06c545b7204f1fbf827522bf347d7f EN eng Elsevier http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412019337742 https://doaj.org/toc/0160-4120 0160-4120 doi:10.1016/j.envint.2020.105704 https://doaj.org/article/9b06c545b7204f1fbf827522bf347d7f Environment International, Vol 139, Iss , Pp - (2020) Arctic Antarctic Polar Microplastic Marine debris Plastic Environmental sciences GE1-350 article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.105704 2022-12-31T01:37:21Z Plastic marine pollution in the Arctic today illustrates the global distribution of plastic waste of all sizes traveling by wind and waves, entering food chains, and presenting challenges to management and mitigation. While currents move plastics from lower latitudes into the Arctic, significant waste is also generated by remote communities, as well as maritime activities, such as shipping, fishing and tourism, which are increasing their activities as seasonal sea ice diminishes. Mitigation strategies may include monitoring programs of plastic waste abundance and distribution, improved waste management in Arctic communities, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) to reverse the transport of waste plastics and packaging from remote communities, incentivized gear recovery of abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear (ALDFG), gear tagging and tracking, and restricting tourism and employing “leave no trace” policies. Here we report how these mitigation strategies are employed in the Arctic to minimize plastic waste impacts, and move Arctic communities toward better materials management and circular economic practices. The evidence of harm from waste plastics exacerbated by the ubiquity of plastic marine pollution in all biomes, and the rapid reporting of ecological and social costs, together suggest that we know enough to act quickly to manage and mitigate plastics from all sources to the Arctic. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Arctic Sea ice Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Antarctic Arctic Environment International 139 105704 |
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Plastic marine pollution in the Arctic today illustrates the global distribution of plastic waste of all sizes traveling by wind and waves, entering food chains, and presenting challenges to management and mitigation. While currents move plastics from lower latitudes into the Arctic, significant waste is also generated by remote communities, as well as maritime activities, such as shipping, fishing and tourism, which are increasing their activities as seasonal sea ice diminishes. Mitigation strategies may include monitoring programs of plastic waste abundance and distribution, improved waste management in Arctic communities, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) to reverse the transport of waste plastics and packaging from remote communities, incentivized gear recovery of abandoned, lost and discarded fishing gear (ALDFG), gear tagging and tracking, and restricting tourism and employing “leave no trace” policies. Here we report how these mitigation strategies are employed in the Arctic to minimize plastic waste impacts, and move Arctic communities toward better materials management and circular economic practices. The evidence of harm from waste plastics exacerbated by the ubiquity of plastic marine pollution in all biomes, and the rapid reporting of ecological and social costs, together suggest that we know enough to act quickly to manage and mitigate plastics from all sources to the Arctic. |
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Marcus Eriksen Franco Borgogno Patricia Villarrubia-Gómez Emily Anderson Carolynn Box Nicole Trenholm |
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Mitigation strategies to reverse the rising trend of plastics in Polar Regions |
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