Global perceptions of plastic pollution: The contours and limits of debate
Global perceptions of plastic pollution: The contours and limits of debate
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全球对塑料污染的看法：争论的轮廓和局限性
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10.1017/plc.2023.21
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2023
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Henderson L
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塑料污染是有关人为破坏环境的政策和公众辩论的核心问题。就终止塑料污染的国际约束性条约进行谈判，为分析有关公众对塑料污染看法的同行评议论文提供了及时的机会（n = 39）。这些报告只关注塑料污染对海洋生态系统、一次性塑料、回收障碍和微塑料风险的影响。研究调查了公众对“塑料污染”、“海洋塑料垃圾”、“海洋塑料污染”和“海洋塑料垃圾”的看法。这些术语是不可互换的，它们框定了问题。由于缺乏选择（扩大生产者责任计划），意识与媒体表述和个人“选择”的联系受到限制。关于减少全球塑料总产量的讨论有限。未来的研究可以探索风险（有毒化学物质、生物塑料）、塑料和气候变化或塑料和全球生物多样性丧失（海龟之外）的认知。塑料的社会意义、受众的异质性以及媒体在风险框架中的作用可以帮助为塑料相关政策提供信息。社会科学和媒体学者很好地解开了塑料与人们日常生活交织在一起的社会文化背景，以及塑料的社会意义如何在应对全球危机时发生变化。
Plastic pollution is central to policy and public debates about anthropogenic damage to the environment. Negotiations for an international binding treaty to end plastic pollution provide a timely opportunity to analyse peer-reviewed papers concerning public perceptions of plastic pollution (n = 39). These focused on the impact of plastic pollution solely on the marine ecosystem, single-use plastics, barriers to recycling and risks of microplastics. Research studies explored public perceptions of ‘plastic pollution’, ‘marine plastic litter’, ‘marine plastic pollution’ and ‘plastic marine debris’. These terms are not interchangeable and frame the problem. Awareness links to media representations and personal ‘choices’ are limited by lack of options (extended producer responsibility schemes). There was limited discussion of reducing the aggregate global volume of plastics produced. Future research could explore perceptions of risk (toxic chemicals, bioplastics) plastics and climate change or plastics and global biodiversity loss (beyond turtles). The social meaning of plastics, the heterogeneity of audiences and the role of media in framing risks can help inform plastics-related policy. Social Sciences and media scholars are well placed to unpack the socio-cultural context in which plastics are intertwined in people’s everyday lives and how social meanings of plastics may change in response to global crises.