Based on the collaborative interdisciplinary research project Shift-Plastics this book establish sustainable circular value chains for managing plastics in the fisheries and aquaculture industries which are significant causes of ocean plastic pollution. Focused on reducing plastic production and consumption by examining the entire life cycle and taking upstream measures the Norwegian case presented in this book highlights globally relevant insights into how to manage the complexity of plastic pollution and the systemic changes needed for a sustainable circular economy (SCE). This book takes a transdisciplinary approach incorporating academic perspectives and collaborating with industry and public bodies to improve plastic handling in the fisheries and aquaculture industries. It integrates multiple scientific disciplines including technological science policy science economics environmental science design thinking and systems thinking. It also investigates the value chain of plastic use in the fisheries and aquaculture industries to map their management practices and pinpoint issues that can be improved throughout the process. In doing so it provides practical advice on how to create effective policies in line with a SCE for both businesses and policymakers. Further it highlights how plastic production can be reduced through extended usability ways to apply eco-design principles to create products that can easily be disassembled repaired and recycled and options for using bioplastics and recycled materials. Finally it presents a roadmap that connects changes in industrial practices infrastructure needs and policy design in the short medium and long term to achieve reduced plastic use and plastic pollution in the fisheries and aquaculture industries. Managing Marine Plastic Pollution in Norway will be an important research reference and tool for academics students policymakers industry and business professionals in pollution and waste management sustainability circular economy and marine fishery and environmental management. The Open Access version of this book available at www.taylorfrancis.com has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 International license. |Managing Marine Plastic Pollution in Norway Sustainable Circular Economy Solutions for Fisheries and Aquaculture
