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Marine Plastics: Innovative Solutions to Tackling Waste
Summary
This book examines how small and medium enterprises in the fishing gear industry can develop environmentally and economically sustainable circular business models to tackle marine plastic waste.
This Open Access book examines how to create environmentally and economically viable circular business models for SMEs in the fishing gear industry
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