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ClearGlobal Plastic Pollution and the Transition Towards a Circular Economy: Lessons from the EU’s Legal Framework on Plastics
This paper reviews the EU legal framework on plastics and the transition toward a circular economy, examining how regulatory instruments including the Single-Use Plastics Directive and extended producer responsibility schemes can reduce the billions of tons of plastic waste generated annually.
Contextual Teaching and Learning in Learning Environmental Pollution: the Effect on Student Learning Outcomes
This study evaluated contextual teaching and learning approaches for environmental pollution education, finding that connecting plastic pollution and waste concepts to real-world situations significantly improved student comprehension and motivation compared to conventional instruction.
Microplastics in the Environment: Raising Awareness in Primary Education
This study developed and evaluated a microplastics education program for primary school children, finding that age-appropriate lessons about plastic pollution could meaningfully increase students' environmental awareness. The authors argue that early education is a key component of long-term plastic pollution reduction strategies.
Plastic waste as a challenge for sustainable development and circularity in the European Union
This review examines the plastic waste crisis in the European Union, evaluating gaps between recycling policy ambitions and actual outcomes. It argues that without major improvements in waste management infrastructure and circular economy practices, plastics will continue to fragment into microplastics and contaminate European ecosystems.
A Study On Creating Awareness Of Plastic Usage To Promote Sustainable Practices For A Greener Future
This study examines educational interventions and awareness campaigns aimed at reducing plastic consumption and promoting sustainable practices, evaluating their effectiveness in shifting public attitudes and behaviors toward a lower-plastic future.
Waste Education in Teacher Training: Exploring the Role of Context in Shaping Perceptions and Didactic Approaches
This study examined how 130 future teachers perceived and approached waste issues when framed through two socio-environmental contexts: international waste export and microplastic pollution in nature. Both contexts fostered systemic thinking, but each shaped distinct attributions of responsibility and different pedagogical approaches, highlighting the importance of context in environmental education design.
Childhood Education as an Environmental Policy Alternative
This policy essay argues that childhood environmental education is an underutilized but essential tool for achieving meaningful long-term reductions in plastic pollution and carbon emissions. Early environmental literacy could generate the cultural shifts needed to drive systemic change in plastic consumption habits.
Environment education: A first step in solving plastic pollution
This perspective argues that environmental education including school curricula, sustainable consumption guidance, and public awareness programs represents a feasible, low-cost, and permanent solution to plastic pollution that complements technical and regulatory approaches.
How Marine Plastic Pollution Education Develops Secondary School Students’ Sustainability Competences
Researchers investigated how marine plastic pollution education affects Norwegian secondary school students' sustainability competences, knowledge, and attitudes toward biodiversity protection using pre- and post-test questionnaires with 50 students. Results showed that structured marine plastic pollution curricula can improve students' understanding of ecosystem impacts and motivate protective behaviors.
Unfolding the science behind policy initiatives targeting plastic pollution
Researchers examined whether major plastic pollution policies in the EU and globally are grounded in scientific evidence, finding that most initiatives are supported by research on plastic sources and ecological impacts, though significant uncertainty remains about the actual harm of plastic to humans and ecosystems. The study highlights that precautionary action is justified even where evidence is incomplete, and calls for flexible policies that adapt as science evolves.
Plastic Debris and the Marine Environment: Integrating Transformational Strategies in Achieving a Sustainable Environment
This review examines the sources, environmental pathways, and ecological impacts of marine plastic debris, and discusses transformational strategies including policy intervention, improved waste management, and alternative materials to achieve sustainable ocean management.
The Circular Economy in EU Policy as a Response to Contemporary Ecological Challenges
This article reviews how EU countries are implementing circular economy policies and progress toward reducing plastic waste, finding large variation across member states. Shifting from linear to circular plastic economies is critical for reducing the production of waste that generates microplastics.
Edukasi Dampak Sampah Plastik Terhadap Lingkungan Laut Bagi Siswa Sekolah Dasar Negeri 6 Meulaboh Aceh Barat
This Indonesian-language paper describes an educational program that taught elementary school students about the impacts of plastic waste on the marine environment. The program aimed to build environmental awareness and responsible waste behaviors in young people. Early environmental education about plastic pollution is important for reducing future plastic waste generation.
La educación ambiental: problemática de los plásticos de un solo uso en las instituciones educativas
This Spanish-language paper explores environmental education strategies for addressing single-use plastic problems in school settings, examining how formal education can build environmental awareness and culture around plastic waste. Educating younger generations about plastic pollution is a long-term strategy for reducing the behavior that creates microplastic contamination.
The Risk and Potentiality of Engaging with Sustainability Problems in Education—A Pragmatist Teaching Approach
This educational philosophy paper examines tensions between using education to address sustainability crises and avoiding the instrumentalization of schools for policy agendas. This theoretical paper is not directly related to microplastic research.
A poluição por plásticos e a Educação Ambiental como ferramenta de sensibilização
This Brazilian paper discusses plastic pollution as a major environmental problem and presents an environmental education initiative called 'Xo Plastico' designed to reduce plastic use in communities in Pernambuco state. Education-based approaches to plastic pollution prevention are important complements to policy and technical solutions.
Knowledge and Learning Preferences in Circular Economy and Plastics: A Case Study from the Faculty of Environmental Protection
Researchers conducted a gap analysis at the Faculty of Environmental Protection and Erasmus+ partner institutions to assess students' and staff's knowledge and perceived usefulness of topics covering plastic waste, circular economy, and responsible behaviour as part of the Edu4PlastiCircular project. Both groups rated topic usefulness higher than their current knowledge levels, with a preference for hybrid learning formats.
A study on elementary school teachers’ perception of the use of plastic instruments in music classes
Researchers surveyed 111 elementary school teachers in South Korea about their concepts and practices related to sustainable development and carbon neutrality, as well as their perceptions of plastic musical instruments used in music classes, examining how environmental awareness shapes educators' views on plastic use in educational settings.
Education for Sustainable Development Oriented Didactic Design in A Bioplastic Context in Overcoming Barriers to Learning and Developing Attitude and Environmental Awareness
Researchers designed and evaluated a bioplastic curriculum using Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) principles, finding that hands-on bioplastic-making activities improved student understanding of sustainability concepts. The didactic design demonstrates how materials science and environmental education can be integrated in classroom settings.
Plastic pollution and environmental education through artwork
This study explores how upcycling discarded plastics into artwork can serve as a tool for environmental education about plastic pollution. Researchers describe an art installation collaboration that brought together the art world and environmental advocacy to raise public awareness. The study suggests that creative approaches to reusing plastic waste can effectively engage communities in understanding the scale and consequences of plastic pollution.
Political Leadership for Sustainability: report and learning from an executive course for parliamentarians
This report examines political leadership for sustainability through an executive course designed for parliamentarians, exploring how experiential learning can equip political leaders with the knowledge and skills needed to address global environmental challenges including plastic pollution.
Evaluating the Environmental and Health Impacts of Disposable Plastics: Toward Sustainable Material Alternatives
This review examined the environmental and health impacts of disposable plastics and explored sustainable alternatives, drawing on secondary literature across environmental science and health disciplines. The paper assessed plastic waste contributions to ocean pollution and proposed strategies to mitigate these challenges.
Concretising the role of extended producer responsibility in European Union waste law and policy through the lens of the circular economy
This review examines the evolution of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) within European Union waste law and policy, analyzing how EPR instruments can be strengthened to drive more effective plastic waste prevention and recycling across the product lifecycle. The authors argue for more ambitious, harmonized EPR frameworks to reduce plastic pollution at its source.
Avrupa Bi̇rli̇ği̇ Ve Türki̇ye Mevzuati Ve Uygulamasinin Deni̇z Çöpü Problemi̇ Bağlaminda Değerlendi̇ri̇lmesi̇
This paper evaluates how European Union and Turkish law address the problem of marine litter, including microplastics. It finds gaps in current regulatory frameworks and argues for stronger, more coordinated policy to prevent plastic waste from reaching the ocean.