Mind the fragmentation gap

Mind the fragmentation gap

The Global Plastics Treaty presents an opportunity to “end plastic pollution”. Legacy plastics will continue to fragment to secondary microplastics for decades, without additional mitigation measures. We identify this flux as a “fragmentation gap”, currently overlooked in global policy targets....

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature communications 2024-11, Vol.15 (1), p.9831-3, Article 9831
Hauptverfasser: Kvale, Karin, Andrews, Zhenna Azimrayat, Egger, Matthias
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Sprache:eng
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Bioavailability
Comment
Food chains
Food contamination & poisoning
Fragmentation
Humanities and Social Sciences
Microplastics
multidisciplinary
Plastic debris
Plastic pollution
Plastics
Pollutants
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Waste management
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Zusammenfassung:The Global Plastics Treaty presents an opportunity to “end plastic pollution”. Legacy plastics will continue to fragment to secondary microplastics for decades, without additional mitigation measures. We identify this flux as a “fragmentation gap”, currently overlooked in global policy targets.
ISSN:2041-1723
2041-1723
DOI:10.1038/s41467-024-53962-3