The ocean is swimming in plastic and it’s getting worse – we need connected global policies now

Original language	English
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publication status	Published - 17 Sept 2020

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Research outputs per year 2023 2023 2023

• 1 Article

Research outputs per year

Research outputs per year

• Limited knowledge of national plastics policy effectiveness may hinder global progress

  March, A. L. A., Karasik, R., Roberts, K. & Evans, T. R., 19 Jul 2023, In: Cambridge Prisms: Plastics. 1, 6 p., e14.

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Projects per year 2020 2020 2020

• 1 Finished

Projects per year

• Policy options to reduce additional pollution by maritime plastic litter by 2050

  Fletcher, S., Roberts, K., Salam, S. & Winton, S.

  3/02/20 → 31/07/20

  Project: Research

  • masks 100%
  • oceans 94%
  • Ocean 94%
  • policy 87%
  • plastics 82%

Prizes

• Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence 2023

  Roberts, Keiron (Recipient), Fletcher, Steve (Recipient), Bowyer, Cressida (Recipient), Salam, Sayyidah (Recipient), Winton, Samuel (Recipient), Northen, Steph (Recipient), Nieminen, Laura Karoliina (Recipient), Couceiro, Fay (Recipient), March, Antaya (Recipient) & Evans, Tegan (Recipient), 28 Nov 2023

  Prize: National/international honour

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Fletcher, S., & Roberts, K. (2020). The ocean is swimming in plastic and it’s getting worse – we need connected global policies now. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/the-ocean-is-swimming-in-plastic-and-its-getting-worse-we-need-connected-global-policies-now-146380

Fletcher, Steve ; Roberts, Keiron. / The ocean is swimming in plastic and it’s getting worse – we need connected global policies now. In: The Conversation. 2020.

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