Planet Patrolling: A citizen science brand audit of anthropogenic litter in the context of national legislation and international policy
| العنوان: | Planet Patrolling: A citizen science brand audit of anthropogenic litter in the context of national legislation and international policy |
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| المؤلفون: | Stanton, T, Chico, G, Carr, E, Cook, S, Gomes, RL, Heard, E, Law, A, Wilson, HL, Johnson, M |
| المصدر: | Journal of hazardous materials. 436 |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Waste Products, Environmental Engineering, Citizen Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Planets, Pollution, GF, Policy, Geography: Geosciences, GN, G1, Environmental Chemistry, Waste Management and Disposal, Plastics, Environmental Monitoring |
| الوصف: | Anthropogenic Litter (AL) is ubiquitous in distribution and diverse in type and impact. Citizen science AL clean-ups engage citizens with the environment and have the potential to generate data that can inform policy. Here we present a detailed citizen science survey of AL across freshwater, terrestrial, and coastal environments of the United Kingdom (UK), coordinated by the not-for-profit Planet Patrol throughout 2020. Key materials, industries, brands, and parent companies associated with AL are identified. Plastic dominated AL (63%), followed by metal (14%), and composite materials (12%). The majority of AL (56%) had been used as beverage containers and non-beverage packaging, and 38.8% of AL was branded. Of the branded AL, 26% was associated with The Coca-Cola Company, Anheuser-Busch InBev, and PepsiCo. These three companies were associated with significantly more branded litter than any other. We place these data in the context of upcoming UK legislation and the Environmental Social Governance (ESG) statements of the companies associated with the majority of the recorded litter. Knowledge gaps and recommendations for AL surveying are made, and the focus of corporate and government actions are discussed. |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf; |
| تدمد: | 1873-3336 0304-3894 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::8b3d7770961096ae91b8ebcd96aa4368 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35576666 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....8b3d7770961096ae91b8ebcd96aa4368 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 18733336 03043894 |
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