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A multidisciplinary perspective on the role of plastic pollution in the triple planetary crisis.
Environment international2024
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Dušan Materić,
Jessica Stubenrauch,
Dana Kühnel
Christian Schmidt,
Dušan Materić,
Dušan Materić,
Dušan Materić,
Dušan Materić,
Dušan Materić,
Dušan Materić,
Jessica Stubenrauch,
Dušan Materić,
Dušan Materić,
Dušan Materić,
Dušan Materić,
Dušan Materić,
Dušan Materić,
Dušan Materić,
Dušan Materić,
Dušan Materić,
Jessica Stubenrauch,
Dana Kühnel
Dana Kühnel
Annika Jahnke,
Annika Jahnke,
Annika Jahnke,
Annika Jahnke,
Dana Kühnel
Annika Jahnke,
Dana Kühnel
Jessica Stubenrauch,
Dušan Materić,
Dana Kühnel
Dušan Materić,
Dušan Materić,
Dušan Materić,
Dušan Materić,
Dana Kühnel
Annika Jahnke,
Annika Jahnke,
Dana Kühnel
Dana Kühnel
Annika Jahnke,
Dušan Materić,
Dušan Materić,
Dušan Materić,
Dušan Materić,
Dušan Materić,
Annika Jahnke,
Dana Kühnel
Annika Jahnke,
Dana Kühnel
Annika Jahnke,
Annika Jahnke,
Dušan Materić,
Dušan Materić,
Dušan Materić,
Annika Jahnke,
Dana Kühnel
Katrin Wendt-Potthoff,
Dušan Materić,
Dana Kühnel
Dušan Materić,
Dana Kühnel
Katrin Wendt-Potthoff,
Dana Kühnel
Jessica Stubenrauch,
Dušan Materić,
Dana Kühnel
Annika Jahnke,
Dušan Materić,
Dušan Materić,
Dušan Materić,
Dana Kühnel
Dušan Materić,
Dušan Materić,
Dušan Materić,
Dana Kühnel
Kristin Schubert,
Dušan Materić,
Annika Jahnke,
Annika Jahnke,
Annika Jahnke,
Annika Jahnke,
Christian Schmidt,
Christian Schmidt,
Annika Jahnke,
Annika Jahnke,
Christian Schmidt,
Christian Schmidt,
Dana Kühnel
Anran Luo,
Christian Schmidt,
Dana Kühnel
Christian Schmidt,
Kristin Schubert,
Dana Kühnel
Annika Jahnke,
Annika Jahnke,
Annika Jahnke,
Katrin Wendt-Potthoff,
Dušan Materić,
Dušan Materić,
Annika Jahnke,
Annika Jahnke,
Dušan Materić,
Dušan Materić,
Dušan Materić,
Christian Schmidt,
Katrin Wendt-Potthoff,
Katrin Wendt-Potthoff,
Katrin Wendt-Potthoff,
Katrin Wendt-Potthoff,
Katrin Wendt-Potthoff,
Katrin Wendt-Potthoff,
Dana Kühnel
Dana Kühnel
Dana Kühnel
Dušan Materić,
Annika Jahnke,
Dana Kühnel
Jessica Stubenrauch,
Annika Jahnke,
Annika Jahnke,
Annika Jahnke,
Annika Jahnke,
Dana Kühnel
Annika Jahnke,
Annika Jahnke,
Annika Jahnke,
Annika Jahnke,
Annika Jahnke,
Annika Jahnke,
Annika Jahnke,
Dana Kühnel
Annika Jahnke,
Annika Jahnke,
Annika Jahnke,
Annika Jahnke,
Dušan Materić,
Dana Kühnel
Summary
This perspective paper argues that plastics are a central driver of all three dimensions of the planetary crisis — pollution, climate change, and biodiversity loss — and must be addressed with the same urgency as carbon emissions. The authors call for a multidisciplinary approach that recognizes plastics as a systemic environmental threat rather than a siloed waste management issue.
In this perspective paper, we discuss the negative impacts of plastics and associated chemicals on the triple planetary crisis of environmental pollution, climate change and biodiversity loss from a multidisciplinary perspective. Plastics are part of the pollution crisis, threatening ecosystems and human health. They also impact climate change and accelerate biodiversity loss; in this, they aggravate the triple planetary crisis. We analyze the scientific state-of-the-art to identify critical knowledge gaps regarding the life cycle, release, fate, exposure, hazard and governance of plastics and associated chemicals, as well as links to climate change and biodiversity loss. Based on the outcome, we derive key research needs for a comprehensive hazard assessment of plastics and associated chemicals, amongst others, to address the largely missing regulation of plastic additives and in-use plastics. We offer a holistic perspective bridging disciplinary expertise from natural and social sciences to achieve effective plastic governance and risk management of plastics and associated chemicals that protect the Earth, its ecosystems and human health from the plastics crisis.