Mind the fragmentation gap
The Global Plastics Treaty presents an opportunity to “end plastic pollution”. Legacy plastics will continue to fragment to secondary microplastics for decades, without additional mitigation measures. We identify this flux as a “fragmentation gap”, currently overlooked in global policy targets.
Authors
- Karin Kvale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8043-5431)
- Zhenna Azimrayat Andrews (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5032-8626)
- Matthias Egger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1791-1842)
Institutions
- GNS Science (NZ)
- University of St.Gallen (CH)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- The Ocean Cleanup (NL)
- Safety Management Systems Aotearoa (New Zealand) (NZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2024-11-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53962-3
- Citations
- 16
- Primary Topic
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.13
Funders
- Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment