Stafford, R;
Jones, PJS;
(2019)
Viewpoint – Ocean plastic pollution: A convenient but distracting truth?
Marine Policy
, 103
pp. 187-191.
10.1016/j.marpol.2019.02.003.
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Abstract
Ocean plastic is a contemporary focal point of concern for the marine environment. However, we argue there are bigger issues to address, including climate change and overfishing. Plastic has become a focus in the media and public domains partly through the draw of simple lifestyle changes, such as reusable water bottles, and partly through the potential to provide ‘quick fix’ technological solutions to plastic pollution, such as large scale marine clean-up operations and new ‘biodegradable’ plastic substitutes. As such, ocean plastic can provide a convenient truth that distracts us from the need for more radical changes to our behavioural, political and economic systems, addressing which will help address larger marine environmental issues, as well as the cause of plastic pollution, i.e. over-consumption.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Viewpoint – Ocean plastic pollution: A convenient but distracting truth? |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.marpol.2019.02.003 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2019.02.003 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Plastic, Pollution, Climate change, Fisheries, Biodiversity loss, Marine ecology |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Geography |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10070439 |
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