Marine litter legislation: A toolkit for policymakers

Marine litter legislation: A toolkit for policymakers

Far too much of the 300 million tonnes of plastic produced every year finds its way into our oceans, food chains and ecosystems, damaging our health in the process. Well-designed laws can help reverse this global trend. This report provides an overview of legislation that countries have implemented to tackle marine litter, focusing in particular on upstream solutions.

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Main Author: United Nations Environment Programme; Environmental Law Institute
Format: Reports and Books biblioteca
Language:English
Published: United Nations Environment Programme 2016
Subjects:marine environment, marine pollution, plastics, plastic products, waste management, waste disposal, disaster preparedness, environmental law, environmental policy, environmental impact assessment, Ecosystem Management:- Environmental Governance,
Online Access:https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/8630
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spelling oai:wedocs.unep.org:20.500.11822-86302021-05-28T07:48:53Z Marine litter legislation: A toolkit for policymakers United Nations Environment Programme; Environmental Law Institute marine environment marine pollution plastics plastic products waste management waste disposal disaster preparedness environmental law environmental policy environmental impact assessment Ecosystem Management:- Environmental Governance Far too much of the 300 million tonnes of plastic produced every year finds its way into our oceans, food chains and ecosystems, damaging our health in the process. Well-designed laws can help reverse this global trend. This report provides an overview of legislation that countries have implemented to tackle marine litter, focusing in particular on upstream solutions. 2016-10-11T20:06:50Z 2016-10-11T20:06:50Z 2016 Reports and Books https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/8630 English Public application/pdf Global United Nations Environment Programme
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environmental impact assessment
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marine pollution
plastics
plastic products
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waste disposal
disaster preparedness
environmental law
environmental policy
environmental impact assessment
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marine pollution
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waste disposal
disaster preparedness
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environmental impact assessment
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marine pollution
plastics
plastic products
waste management
waste disposal
disaster preparedness
environmental law
environmental policy
environmental impact assessment
Ecosystem Management:- Environmental Governance
United Nations Environment Programme; Environmental Law Institute
Marine litter legislation: A toolkit for policymakers
description Far too much of the 300 million tonnes of plastic produced every year finds its way into our oceans, food chains and ecosystems, damaging our health in the process. Well-designed laws can help reverse this global trend. This report provides an overview of legislation that countries have implemented to tackle marine litter, focusing in particular on upstream solutions.
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marine pollution
plastics
plastic products
waste management
waste disposal
disaster preparedness
environmental law
environmental policy
environmental impact assessment
Ecosystem Management:- Environmental Governance
author United Nations Environment Programme; Environmental Law Institute
author_facet United Nations Environment Programme; Environmental Law Institute
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title Marine litter legislation: A toolkit for policymakers
title_short Marine litter legislation: A toolkit for policymakers
title_full Marine litter legislation: A toolkit for policymakers
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