The issue of microplastic in the oceans: Preferences and willingness to pay to tackle the issue in Australia

Borriello, Antonio; Rose, John M.

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104875

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“…Though study results indicate low willingness to pay for plastic use reduction, other research shows contrary results. Studies on Australia showcase citizens would be willing to pay for MP pollution reduction (Borriello and Rose, 2022) and in general supporting a single-use plastic tax (Heidbreder et al, 2020). Filho et al (2021) also indicate Europeans’ support for economic instruments like fees or taxes to be paid by the industry or consumers to reduce plastic usage.…”

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Self-reported behaviours and measures related to plastic waste reduction: European citizens’ perspective

2023

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Consumer attitudes and behaviour regarding consumption of plastic goods and proper waste management are of importance for reducing plastic and microplastic (MP) pollution. Therefore, based on Eurobarometer survey, this study aims to analyse European attitudes and behaviour related to plastic pollution reduction. Europeans acknowledge marine and river pollution as important environmental problems and are worried about plastics and MP environmental impacts. However, this does not translate into related plastic reduction behaviours. Regression analysis show that analysed behaviours are likely to be undertaken by women, younger, with higher incomes respondents and by those who express higher worry about plastic and MP environmental impacts. Industry and big companies are seen as having the main role in reducing plastic waste and littering, chargers for single use plastics being less important. Respondents also stress the role of education. Hence, focus on concrete steps to reduce plastic waste, highlighting the interaction of individual actions and environment should be given.

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Self-reported behaviours and measures related to plastic waste reduction: European citizens’ perspective

2023

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“…Despite the distinct transboundary nature of the marine plastics problem, research on preferences for the reduction of marine plastic pollution has almost exclusively taken a national (or domestic) perspective. For example, recent studies quantify the willingness to pay (WTP) of citizens to reduce plastic pollution domestically (Abate et al, 2020; Börger et al, 2021; Borrelle et al, 2017; Borriello & Rose, 2022; Leggett et al, 2018; Meginnis, Domanski, & Toledo‐Gallegos, 2022; Tyllianakis & Ferrini, 2021; Zambrano‐Monserrate & Ruano, 2020). Khedr et al (2023) take a regional perspective, comparing the WTP of citizens in eight EU countries for reductions in macro and micro plastics across all European waters versus only domestically.…”

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Equity preferences and abatement cost sharing in international environmental agreements

Bӧrger

Hanley

Johnston

et al. 2023

American J Agri Economics

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This paper examines empirically the importance of equity preferences for the formation of international environmental agreements (IEA) for transboundary pollution control. Although it has been shown theoretically that the existence of equity preferences among countries considering an IEA increases the chances for formation and stability of a coalition, empirical assessments of such preferences have been limited to climate change mitigation and single‐country studies. We consider the case of marine plastic pollution, of which a large share consists of food and beverage containers, representing a transboundary pollution control problem of increasing policy concern, with properties that lead to distinct considerations for equity and the sharing of abatement costs. We employ a coordinated choice experiment in the United Kingdom and United States to assess preferences for abatement‐cost allocations in a marine plastics IEA. Pairs of cooperating countries and the relative allocation of abatement costs are varied experimentally. Results show systematic aversion to both advantageous and disadvantageous inequality with respect to abatement costs but also that the relative strength of advantageous and disadvantageous inequality aversion differs across countries. Across both countries, there is evidence that left‐leaning voters generally favor more equal international sharing of abatement costs. Differences of these results from the case of greenhouse gas emission reduction, and implications for current efforts to establish a legally binding global treaty on marine plastic pollution, are discussed.

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“…There has also been a great deal of concern regarding microplastics, which are defined as plastic particles < 5 mm and are currently the most abundant type of plastic in the ocean (Borriello & Rose, 2022;Sheela et al, 2022). Microplastics found in water are usually synthesised through the production of industrialised goods such as household products, cosmetics, toothpaste, facial cleansers (Corradini et al, 2019), and medical products (Carr et al, 2016) in the form of beads.…”

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Unravelling the stomach contents of fish and crab species from Cananéia, São Paulo: Are they eating plastic?

et al. 2023

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Plastic pollution represents a threat to marine ecosystems and has therefore been gaining space in the realm of public interest. In this study, we investigated the ingestion of food and non-food items (i.e., plastic particles) by fish and crabs. These animals are commonly collected by trawling with a double-ring net along the coast of Cananéia, state of São Paulo, Brazil; some of them are consumed as food by the local population. Fish and crab stomachs were removed and dissected, and their contents were examined under a stereoscopic microscope with an image-capturing system. The presence or absence of plastic was also registered. We examined 139 specimens of 16 fish species and 143 specimens of four crab species. The most frequent food items found in fish were unidentified food, followed by crustaceans, molluscs, polychaetes, and other fish; in crabs, the items were unidentified food, followed by crustaceans, molluscs and fish. Plastic particles were found in all fish species, representing 47.5% of the individuals analysed. In crabs, the incidence of plastic was lower, occurring in only two species (5% in Callinectes danae and 3% in C. ornatus). Only four fish species analysed had previous records of plastic ingestion in the scientific literature. The high incidence of microplastics in our study is worrying because they negatively affect the animals’ lives and can be transferred through the tropic web to top predators, including humans, through the ingestion of contaminated animals.

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The issue of microplastic in the oceans: Preferences and willingness to pay to tackle the issue in Australia

Cited by 18 publications

References 26 publications

Self-reported behaviours and measures related to plastic waste reduction: European citizens’ perspective

Self-reported behaviours and measures related to plastic waste reduction: European citizens’ perspective

Equity preferences and abatement cost sharing in international environmental agreements

Unravelling the stomach contents of fish and crab species from Cananéia, São Paulo: Are they eating plastic?

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