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ClearA New Philosophy For Sustainable Consumerism
This paper proposed a new philosophy for sustainable consumerism in response to growing awareness of unsustainable practices, including the entry of microplastics into the food chain. The framework argued that businesses and governments must respond to consumer and community pressure by structurally shifting toward sustainable production and consumption models.
A New Philosophy for Sustainable Consumerism
This article discusses the challenge of reconciling sustainability goals with growth-based economies, using microplastic entry into the food chain as one example of the environmental costs of current consumption patterns. The author proposes a theoretical framework for enabling economic growth while maintaining long-term planetary health.
Enhancing consumption responsibility to address global plastic pollution
This study examined how to enhance consumption responsibility as a strategy to address global plastic pollution, arguing that excessive consumption and unsound disposal drive marine and microplastic contamination and that a new global governance framework is needed to establish individual and collective accountability.
The future of foods
Not relevant to microplastics — this paper is a brief commentary on sustainable food systems and resource depletion, with no substantive content on microplastics.
A Pro-Environmental Value Construct to Deal With Plastic Pollution
This article proposes a value-based framework for understanding plastic pollution, analyzing how the widespread usefulness of plastics drives their overuse and improper disposal. The author argues that sustainable solutions require rethinking the full lifecycle of plastics — from production through end-of-life — with a particular focus on reducing the microplastic contamination entering food chains.
A Critical Analysis of the Rising Global Demand of Plastics and its Adverse Impact on Environmental Sustainability
This critical review examined global trends in plastic demand and mismanaged plastic waste, identifying the top contributing countries and evaluating plastic replacement alternatives, arguing that reducing consumption and improving waste management infrastructure are more impactful than material substitution alone.
The Philosophical Bottleneck of the Sustainable Development Ideal: The Problem of Future Generations
This article argues that sustainable development faces a core philosophical problem — moral responsibility toward future generations — and examines how Anthropocene-era threats including microplastics, nuclear waste, and climate change demand new ethical frameworks beyond traditional theories.
Plastic, microplastic, and the inconsistency of human thought
This opinion article explored the contradiction in human attitudes toward plastic, arguing that the same properties that make plastic ubiquitously useful also drive the behavior leading to its harmful accumulation as microplastics, and calling for greater consistency between risk awareness and individual action.
Micro-consumerist bollocks in the fight against plastic pollution: when good intentions - and regulatory initiatives - go awry
This commentary critiques individual-level consumer actions as insufficient responses to plastic pollution, arguing that regulatory initiatives focused on micro-consumerism have very limited impact on the scale of plastic contamination. The authors call for systemic policy changes targeting production and industrial waste rather than consumer behavior.
Environmental sustainability from the perspective of political economy
Not relevant to microplastics — this book chapter takes a political economy perspective on environmental sustainability, discussing climate change, biodiversity loss, and plastic pollution at a broad policy and philosophical level rather than conducting original microplastics research.
Sustainable Marketing and the Challenges of Green Marketing Communication: Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Buying Behaviour for Sustainable Products in the Czech Republic
Not relevant to microplastics — this survey examines Czech consumer attitudes toward sustainable products, exploring the gap between professed environmental values and actual purchasing behavior, and the challenges of green marketing communication.
Stability in the heart of chaos; (Un)sustainable refrains in the language of climate crisis
This conceptual paper examines how the word "sustainability" has become overused in environmental education and marketing, potentially creating a false sense of progress while harmful practices continue. While not directly about microplastics, the critique is relevant because many plastic products are marketed as "sustainable" without addressing the microplastic pollution they generate. The paper calls for more radical approaches to environmental education rather than relying on sustainability as a feel-good label.
Our Shared Responsibility to End Plastic Pollution, Protect Human Health, and Advance Social Justice for All
This chapter argues that continued growth in plastic production is ethically indefensible given its demonstrated harms to all life on Earth, calling for global treaty commitments and a fundamental rethinking of how governments, corporations, and individuals relate to plastic consumption.
Our life with plastic, a review of plastic product abuse in the age of consumerism
This review examines the psychology, sociology, and culture of plastic consumerism alongside the scientific evidence for microplastic health harms, arguing that social sciences should complement natural science research by promoting rational product choices and awareness.
An Examination of Microplastics: Environmental Impact, Sustainability, and Recyclability Innovation
This paper examined the environmental impact of microplastics, sustainability implications of current plastic use, and recycling options to address the plastic pollution crisis. It called for a transition toward circular economy approaches that reduce primary plastic production and increase recycled content.
Attitudes towards Plastic Pollution: A Review and Mitigations beyond Circular Economy
This review examined attitudes of consumers, industries, and governments toward plastic pollution, identifying behavioral barriers and synthesizing mitigation strategies that go beyond circular economy frameworks to address systemic plastic over-consumption.
Assessing Provisions and Requirements for the Sustainable Production of Plastics: Towards Achieving SDG 12 from the Consumers’ Perspective
This paper reviews consumer-facing sustainability requirements for plastic production, examining how policies and consumer choices can drive progress toward the UN Sustainable Development Goal of responsible consumption and production.
The Critical Importance of Adopting Whole-of-Life Strategies for Polymers and Plastics
This review argues that plastics must be managed across their entire life cycle—from design to disposal—to address the growing crisis of microplastic pollution. The authors call for replacing the current 'disposable' mindset with strategies that prioritize durability, recyclability, and eventually biodegradability.
From Simplistic to Systemic Sustainability in the Textile and Fashion Industry
This paper is not about microplastic pollution. It examines sustainability challenges in the textile and fashion industry, arguing that current approaches are simplistic and insufficient. It proposes systemic solutions focused on circular value retention and sufficiency-based consumption to address waste, resource depletion, and pollution from fast fashion.
Multispecies Sustainability
This essay argues that sustainability concepts need to expand beyond human welfare to explicitly include the needs of non-human species and future generations across all life forms. This philosophical perspective is relevant to how we frame the urgency of microplastic pollution, which affects ecosystems and wildlife independently of human interests.
Global plastic pollution, sustainable development, and plastic justice
This review examines how plastic pollution, including microplastics, undermines sustainable development goals and disproportionately affects lower-income nations that lack waste management infrastructure. The authors propose a "plastic justice" framework to address the human rights dimensions of plastic pollution, which poses health risks to communities through contaminated water, food, and air.
Waste and its Impact, Management, and Ethical Consumption
This overview examines waste management and ethical consumption as interconnected responses to environmental challenges. Plastic waste is a central concern because of its persistence and tendency to fragment into microplastics that contaminate ecosystems and enter the food chain.
Environmental Philosophy: Rethinking Climate Change through the Jellyfish Metaphor
Not relevant to microplastics — this is a philosophical essay using the jellyfish as a metaphor to explore humanity's moral responsibility regarding climate change and environmental degradation, with no empirical microplastic content.
Navigating towards a plastic-free future: A holistic review of microplastic accumulation and management for land and environmental sustainability
This holistic review examines microplastic accumulation in freshwater and marine ecosystems and consumption by aquatic life, evaluating bioremediation technologies, circular economy strategies, and plastic waste reduction approaches needed to move toward a plastic-free future.