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Stanton, Thomas, Chico, Guadunett, Carr, Elizabeth, Cook, Sarah, Gomes, Rachel Louise, Heard, Elizabeth, Law, Antonia, Wilson, Hazel L. and Johnson, Matthew (2022) Planet patrolling : a citizen science brand audit of anthropogenic litter in the context of national legislation and international policy. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 436 . 129118. doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129118 ISSN 0304-3894.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129118
Abstract
Anthropogenic Litter (AL) is ubiquitous in distribution and diverse in type and impact. Citizen science AL clean-ups engage citizens with the environment and have the potential to generate data that can inform policy. Here we present a detailed citizen science survey of AL across freshwater, terrestrial, and coastal environments of the United Kingdom (UK), coordinated by the not-for-profit Planet Patrol throughout 2020. Key materials, industries, brands, and parent companies associated with AL are identified. Plastic dominated AL (63%), followed by metal (14%), and composite materials (12%). The majority of AL (56%) had been used as beverage containers and non-beverage packaging, and 38.8% of AL was branded. Of the branded AL, 26% was associated with The Coca-Cola Company, Anheuser-Busch InBev, and PepsiCo. These three companies were associated with significantly more branded litter than any other. We place these data in the context of upcoming UK legislation and the Environmental Social Governance (ESG) statements of the companies associated with the majority of the recorded litter. Knowledge gaps and recommendations for AL surveying are made, and the focus of corporate and government actions are discussed.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor T Technology > TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Litter (Trash), Marine debris, Plastic marine debris, Plastic scrap, Science -- Citizen participation, Science -- Social aspects, Social responsibility of business | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Hazardous Materials | ||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier Science BV | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0304-3894 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 15 August 2022 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 436 | ||||||||
Article Number: | 129118 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129118 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 21 September 2023 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 22 September 2023 |
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