TY  - GEN
AB  - Plastic pollution is a pervasive and growing problem. To estimate the effectiveness of interventions to reduce plastic pollution, we modeled stocks and flows of municipal solid waste and four sources of microplastics through the global plastic system for five scenarios between 2016 and 2040. Implementing all feasible interventions reduced plastic pollution by 40% from 2016 rates and 78% relative to ‘business as usual’ in 2040. Even with immediate and concerted action, 710 million metric tons of plastic waste cumulatively entered aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. To avoid a massive build-up of plastic in the environment, coordinated global action is urgently needed to reduce plastic consumption, increase rates of reuse, waste collection and recycling, expand safe disposal systems and accelerate innovation in the plastic value chain.
AD  - The Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington, USA
AD  - SYSTEMIQ, London, UK
AD  - Oxford University, UK
AD  - University of Leeds, UK
AD  - SYSTEMIQ, London, UK; University of Innsbruck, Austria
AD  - SYSTEMIQ, London, UK
AD  - University of Leeds, UK
AD  - Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria, South Africa
AD  - Haute école d’ingénierie et de gestion du canton de Vaud, HES-SO Haute Ecole Spécialisée de Suisse Occidentale; EA, Switzerland
AD  - The Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington, USA
AD  - University of Plymouth, UK
AD  - SYSTEMIQ, London, UK
AD  - Imperial College London, London, UK
AD  - Oxford University, UK
AD  - SYSTEMIQ, London, UK
AD  - SYSTEMIQ, London, UK
AD  - Nextek, London, UK
AD  - Scuola Agraria del Parco di Monza, Italy
AD  - University of Victoria, Canada
AD  - The Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington, USA
AD  - SYSTEMIQ, London, UK
AD  - SYSTEMIQ,, London, UK
AD  - The Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington, USA
AD  - SYSTEMIQ, London, UK
AD  - University of British Colombia, Vancouver, Canada
AD  - Oxford University, UK
AD  - University of Leeds, UK
AD  - The Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington, USA
AD  - The Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington, USA
AU  - Lau, Winnie W. Y.
AU  - Shiran, Yonathan
AU  - Bailey, Richard M.
AU  - Cook, Ed
AU  - Stuchtey, Martin R.
AU  - Koskella, Julia
AU  - Velis, Costas A.
AU  - Godfrey, Linda
AU  - Boucher, Julien
AU  - Murphy, Margaret B.
AU  - Thompson, Richard C.
AU  - Jankowska, Emilia
AU  - Castillo, Arturo Castillo
AU  - Pilditch, Toby D.
AU  - Dixon, Ben
AU  - Koerselman, Laura
AU  - Kosior, Edward
AU  - Favoino, Enzo
AU  - Gutberlet, Jutta
AU  - Baulch, Sarah
AU  - Atreya, Meera E.
AU  - Fischer, David
AU  - He, Kevin K.
AU  - Petit, Milan M.
AU  - Sumaila, U. Rashid
AU  - Neil, Emily
AU  - Bernhofen, Mark V.
AU  - Lawrence, Keith
AU  - Palardy, James E.
DA  - 2020-07
DO  - 10.1126/science.aba9475
DO  - DOI
ID  - 5725
JF  - Science
KW  - Economie/gestion
L1  - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/5725/files/Boucher_2020_evaluating_scenarios.pdf
L2  - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/5725/files/Boucher_2020_evaluating_scenarios.pdf
L4  - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/5725/files/Boucher_2020_evaluating_scenarios.pdf
LA  - eng
LK  - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/5725/files/Boucher_2020_evaluating_scenarios.pdf
N2  - Plastic pollution is a pervasive and growing problem. To estimate the effectiveness of interventions to reduce plastic pollution, we modeled stocks and flows of municipal solid waste and four sources of microplastics through the global plastic system for five scenarios between 2016 and 2040. Implementing all feasible interventions reduced plastic pollution by 40% from 2016 rates and 78% relative to ‘business as usual’ in 2040. Even with immediate and concerted action, 710 million metric tons of plastic waste cumulatively entered aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. To avoid a massive build-up of plastic in the environment, coordinated global action is urgently needed to reduce plastic consumption, increase rates of reuse, waste collection and recycling, expand safe disposal systems and accelerate innovation in the plastic value chain.
PY  - 2020-07
SN  - 0036-8075
T1  - Evaluating scenarios toward zero plastic pollution
TI  - Evaluating scenarios toward zero plastic pollution
UR  - https://arodes.hes-so.ch/record/5725/files/Boucher_2020_evaluating_scenarios.pdf
VL  - 2020, vol. 369, pp. 1455-1461
Y1  - 2020-07
ER  -