Citizen science: A way forward in tackling the plastic pollution crisis during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
Citizen science: A way forward in tackling the plastic pollution crisis during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
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10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149957
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发表时间：
2022-01-20
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Walker TR
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Ammendolia J;Walker TR
COVID-19疫情导致公众对一次性塑料（SUPs）和个人防护设备（PPE）的生产、消费和处置出现前所未有的激增。口罩和一次性手套等塑料制品的广泛使用导致全球报告称，在我们的城市和自然环境中，可能具有传染性的PPE处理不当。由于大流行期间的国际旅行限制，许多旨在测量塑料污染的研究项目被停止。这些对研究计划的干扰阻碍了评估从废物流到环境中的管理不善的SUP和PPE的真实数量的能力。这篇文章呼吁在大流行期间和大流行后，增加公民科学参与收集塑料污染数据。通过发起这一对话，并提高对公民科学数据收集的重要性和潜力的关注，数据可用于制定全球知情的塑料污染缓解战略。
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented surge of production, consumption, and disposal of single-use plastics (SUPs) and personal protective equipment (PPE) by the public. This widespread use of mostly plastic items like face masks and disposable gloves has led to global reports of improper disposal of potentially infectious PPE both in our urban and natural environments. Due to international travel restrictions during the pandemic, many research programs targeted at measuring plastic pollution were halted. These disruptions to research programs have stunted the ability to assess the true quantities of SUPs and PPE being mismanaged from the waste stream into the environment. This article calls for increased citizen science participation in collecting plastic pollution data both during and post pandemic. By initiating this dialogue and raising attention to the importance and potential of citizen science data collection, data can be used to develop globally informed plastic pollution mitigation strategies.
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