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Emerging policy intervention and available policy tools to support microplastics mitigation
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This chapter documents existing policy interventions for reducing microplastics from textiles and tyres, and investigates emerging policy instruments applicable across the product lifecycle. It reviews source-directed, use-oriented, and end-of-life approaches available to policymakers.
This chapter documents existing policy action addressing microplastics generated during the lifecycle of textiles and tyres. Secondly, it investigates emerging policy instruments that can be considered to support and advance mitigation action along the lifecycle of products: source-directed, use-oriented, end-of-pipe and end-of-life approaches.
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