Environment education: A first step in solving plastic pollution

Autor: Jianli Liu, Zhubing Hu, Fangfang Du, Wei Tang, Siting Zheng, Shanzhou Lu, Lihui An, Jiannan Ding
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Environmental Science, Vol 11 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2296-665X
DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2023.1130463
Popis: Plastic pollution has been today’s most highly visible environmental problem in the world. How to responsibly manage plastic waste to control and eliminate plastic pollution has been a global challenge. We have begun to address these issues and developed some science-based solutions and emerging technologies. However, tackling such an intractable challenge requires systematic solutions except for science-based and technology-based ones. Environmental education, fostering plastic pollution prevention within society’s educational system, will provide a powerful and feasible pathway at a low cost. Within this perspective, the value and the way forward of education in solving plastic pollution are primarily discussed. Environmental education, including school-level education for students, sustainable consumption behavior guidance, and pollution prevention education for the public, is the feasible, effective, and permanent resolution of plastic pollution in the future.
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