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Determining the Feasibility of a Plastic Reduction Certification Program

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Colleen Patricia West, Emily Schneider, Kristen M. McCrea, Nathanial Bayne Grunbeck

Summary

This project assessed the feasibility of a plastic reduction certification program in Costa Rica, recommending to the MarViva Foundation a framework for encouraging businesses to reduce plastic use and certifying their efforts.

The goal of this project was to determine the feasibility of a plastic reduction certification program in Costa Rica. Through research, interviews, surveys, and cost analysis the project team recommended to the MarViva Foundation the most effective way of structuring and implementing this future program. It was discovered that the attitudes and opinions of Costa Rican business owners and consumers are in favor of reducing single-use plastic consumption through a certification program within businesses, backed by legislative involvement.

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