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Our Plastic Problem and How to Solve It considers plastic's harm to the environment, from its production to its disposal, and offers a spectrum of local, regional, and global solutions. This book is valuable to anyone interested in learning more about the harms and solutions associated with plastic pollution.
List of contents
Part I. Plastic in the Environment: 1. The proliferation of plastic; 2. Measuring plastic: 'You can't manage what you don't measure.'; 3. Plastic as a pollutant: A revolutionary material becomes a global threat; Part II. Multimodal Approaches to Solving Our Plastic Problem: 4. Federal efforts; 5. State and local efforts; 6. International efforts; 7. Business, NGO and individual efforts; Part III. Innovation and Design: 8. Plastic alternatives: bioplastics and material; 9. Plastic's end: recycling, removal and revaluing; 10. The circular economy.
About the author
Sarah J. Morath is a lawyer, a writer, an educator, and a scientist. Her interdisciplinary scholarship has appeared in a variety of publications and is widely read and cited. She is the editor of From Farm to Fork: Perspectives on Growing Sustainable Food Systems in the Twenty-First Century (University of Akron Press, 2016). Professor Morath holds degrees from Vassar College, Yale University, and the University of Montana School of Law. She is currently a law professor at Wake Forest University School of Law.
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Our Plastic Problem and How to Solve It considers plastic's harm to the environment, from its production to its disposal, and offers a spectrum of local, regional, and global solutions. This book is valuable to anyone interested in learning more about the harms and solutions associated with plastic pollution.
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“Plastic has gone from a technological marvel to a global 'wicked problem' with no silver bullet solution. Sarah Morath has assembled an indispensable guide for anyone hoping to learn about the origins and impacts of our plastic problem. Her extensive survey of multimodal and innovative governance responses will be an essential playbook for public and private policy makers from local to global scales.” J. B. Ruhl, Vanderbilt University Law School, co-author of The Law and Policy of Ecosystem Services
