Turning ocean garbage into products – Consumers’ evaluations of products made of recycled ocean plastic
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.12.246
Abstract: Abstract This research investigates consumers' responses to products made of recycled ocean plastic. A quantitative study was conducted online with 258 Dutch consumers in which attitudinal and behavioural responses to products made of ocean plastic… read more here.
Keywords: recycled ocean; ocean plastic; products made; consumer ... See more keywords
Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly accumulating plastic
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-22939-w
Abstract: Ocean plastic can persist in sea surface waters, eventually accumulating in remote areas of the world’s oceans. Here we characterise and quantify a major ocean plastic accumulation zone formed in subtropical waters between California and… read more here.
Keywords: plastic; garbage patch; pacific garbage; great pacific ... See more keywords
Comment on “The missing ocean plastic sink: Gone with the rivers”
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DOI: 10.1126/science.abl6433
Abstract: Weiss et al. (Reports, 2 July 2021, p. 107) incorrectly conclude that the residence time for floating microplastic stock at the ocean surface is ~2.4 years. We contend that this conclusion is fundamentally flawed, because… read more here.
Keywords: plastic sink; sink gone; missing ocean; plastic ... See more keywords
Response to Comment on “The missing ocean plastic sink: Gone with the rivers”
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DOI: 10.1126/science.abm7305
Abstract: Mai et al. are mistaken in their assertions that we incorrectly calculated the residence time for floating microplastic stock at the ocean surface, and that most of our results are not novel. Their claim that… read more here.
Keywords: plastic sink; sink gone; response comment; missing ocean ... See more keywords
Ocean plastic crisis—Mental models of plastic pollution from remote Indonesian coastal communities
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0236149
Abstract: The crisis facing the world’s oceans from plastics is well documented, yet there is little knowledge of the perspectives, experiences and options of the coastal communities facing overwhelming quantities of plastics on their beaches and… read more here.
Keywords: mental models; plastic pollution; coastal communities; ocean plastic ... See more keywords