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The hidden costs of plastic pollution: a call to value its unpriced externalities

Environmental Research Letters 2026

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Researchers examined the unpriced externalities of plastic pollution — encompassing ecological, fisheries, and public health costs not captured in market prices — and called for economic frameworks that assign monetary value to these hidden damages to drive more effective policy intervention.

The hidden costs of plastic pollution: a call to value its unpriced externalities, Murphy, Erin L, Morse, Marisa, Wallmo, Kristy, Maurer, Ben, Law, Kara Lavender, Ternes, Mary Ellen, Domanski, Adam, Scheld, Andrew, Helm, Levi, Jambeck, Jenna, Uhrin, Amy V

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