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Human Perceptions and Behaviour Determine Aquatic Plastic Pollution
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Researchers examined how human behavior and decision-making at every stage of the plastic lifecycle — from production and consumption to disposal — ultimately drives aquatic plastic pollution, arguing that lasting solutions require behavioral change across all sectors rather than purely technological fixes.
Aquatic plastic pollution is entirely due to humans. Throughout the whole life cycle of plastic, from production via consumption to disposal, it is human decisions and behaviour that ultimately lead to plastic ending up in aquatic environments. Every sector, every...
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