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 -