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Mopping Up or Turning Off the Tap? Environmental Injustice and the Ethics of Plastic Pollution
Frontiers in Marine Science
2021
41 citations
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Katharine A. Owens,
Katie Conlon
Summary
This commentary examined the ethics of plastic pollution response, contrasting remediation approaches ('mopping up') with prevention-focused upstream interventions ('turning off the tap'), and argued that environmental justice requires addressing the disproportionate burden borne by marginalized communities.
Experts demonstrate that oceanic plastic pollution is increasing at astounding rates