The Circularity Assessment Protocol in Cities to Reduce Plastic Pollution.

Autor: Jambeck, J. R., Maddalene, T., Youngblood, K., Oposa, A., Perello, H., Werner, M., Himelboim, I., Romness, K., Mathis, J., Keisling, C., Brooks, A. L.
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Zdroj: Community Science; Mar2024, Vol. 3 Issue 1, p1-17, 17p
Abstrakt: The circular economy has been promoted as a solution to plastic pollution, but cities and communities bear the brunt of plastic pollution. The Circularity Assessment Protocol (CAP) is a systems method of collaborative and open data collection for communities to use for decision‐ and policy‐making. The CAP has been utilized in 51 cities in 14 countries and is illustrated here in Metro Manila. Results include identifying manufacturing and parent companies to bring to the table; documenting most (77%) products are in single‐use multi‐layer film packaging; a small, but growing formal refill and reuse system; 10% of to‐go food containers composed of paper‐based alternatives, and a snap‐shot leakage concentration of plastics to the environment that is 1.8%–2.7% of current waste generation. Community narratives emerged from a collaborative workshop and are threaded throughout opportunities identified by the CAP process to inform circularity, future actions, and policy, as a scalable way to create systems change for plastic pollution from the ground up. Plain Language Summary: The Circularity Assessment Protocol, or CAP, is a collaborative framework for communities to collect data on circular materials management, like plastic packaging or food waste. This framework is illustrated for plastic packaging with a local non‐governmental partner in Manila, Philippines. From this framework, local community members help to define opportunities to reduce plastic pollution. Key Points: A Circularity Assessment Protocol framework for cities was developed and applied to Metro ManilaA local trained community partner collected data working with researchers; community members identified opportunities to optimize circularityThis localized framework provides community‐level opportunities to change, and over multiple cities can create a larger systems change [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index
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