This study demonstrates how plastic waste and marine plastic pollution pose unique challenges to coastal communities, impacting a variety of human well-being attributes through both direct and indirect pathways, including physical and mental health, food and economic security, cultural practice, and environmental quality. Under this study, the results from semi-structured surveys and focus group interviews implemented in two coastal communities in Ghana demonstrate the multitude of ways that local people are impacted by plastic waste. employs a framework to assess the well-being of plastic waste via a grounded approach where well-being is defined by respondents based on their lived experience. Across these communities, respondents also illustrated how plastic waste influenced their well-being, including their livelihoods, environmental quality, cultural practices, and physical and mental health. The study also highlights how marine plastic pollution influences an individual’s sense of agency, resilience, and vulnerability in both positive and negative ways. These findings also emphasise the importance of involving local voices throughout the design and implementation processes of plastics policies to ensure effective and equitable policy outcomes.
The Ocean Plastics Charter aims to bring together leading countries, sub-national governments, businesses, and civil society organisations to commit to a more resource-efficient and sustainable approach to keep plastics in the economy and out of the environment. With this charter, it aims to transition to a more sustainable and resource-efficient method of managing plastics. Through[…]
These regulations are intended to promote sustainable development, food security, and the sustainable management of fishing activities in Palau’s waters. They also intend to create economic returns, employment generation, and export earnings from the sustainable harvesting of tuna and tuna-like species by encouraging the development of domestic fishing industries and a local tuna market. These[…]
This subchapter E of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations outlines the pesticide programs, including registration and classification procedures, policies, special review procedures, standards, labelling requirements, packaging requirements, data requirements, and good laboratory practice standards. It also covers state registration of pesticide products, rules of practice governing hearings under the federal Insecticide, Fungicide,[…]
The Plastics Roadmap aims to decrease littering and other environmental harm brought on by plastics, prevent needless use, enhance plastic recycling, and replace traditional polymers derived from fossil fuels combined with various substances and liquids. To guarantee more focus on sustainable product development, reuse, product recyclability, and the growing usage of recovered plastics, these objectives[…]
The regulations aim to enhance aquaculture pollution prevention and control, protect aquatic ecosystems, ensure product quality and safety, and promote sustainable development. They consist of 24 articles divided into four sections: general provisions, delimitation of prohibited areas, pollution prevention and control, and environmental monitoring and supervision of fishery waters.