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Policy Brief: The global plastics treaty: What is the role of bio-based plastic, biodegradable plastic and bioplastic? (possible core obligation 8)
Authors/Creators
- Scientists' Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty
- Courtene-Jones, Winnie1
- Zimmermann, Lisa2
- Dignac, Marie-France3
- De Falco, Francesca1
- Farrelly, Trisia4
- Filella, Montserrat5
- Ghiglione, Jean-François6
- Green, Dannielle7
- Mateos-Cárdenas, Alicia8
- Nizzetto, Luca9
- Ternes, Mary Ellen
- Thompson, Richard1
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University of Plymouth
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Food Packaging Forum Foundation
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Institut d'écologie et des sciences de l'environnement de Paris
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Massey University
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University of Geneva
- 6. Laboratoire d'Océanographie Microbienne
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Anglia Ruskin University
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University College Cork
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Norwegian Institute for Water Research
Description
This policy brief covers alternatives to conventional, durable fossil-based plastics. It addresses their potential advantages and disadvantages, limitations and risks as well as the role of the Global Plastics Treaty.
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