Overview
- Collects different scientific and societal approaches to tackle aquatic plastic pollution
- Explores the challenges and barriers expected in plastic pollution management
- Outlines the policies proposed by various institutions including OSPAR, HELCOM, World Bank and European Union
Part of the book series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry (HEC, volume 112)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
This book reviews comprehensively the opportunities and responsibilities of science, society and politics to combat plastic pollution in marine and freshwaters. It provides insights on what information is needed, and from whom, and it outlines policies proposed by various institutions including OSPAR, HELCOM and the European Union. Plastic waste has become a global threat to the aquatic environment that does not stop at country borders. Meanwhile, there are many efforts in science, industry, commerce and governments to tackle the problem worldwide. School education, NGO public actions, voluntary trade reduction measures, governmental management options and governmental regulatory actions are part of the portfolio of efforts to deal with the problem.
Together with the companion volume Plastics in the Aquatic Environment - Part I: Current Status and Challenges, it provides scientists, policymakers and environmental managers with essential reference information on how this problem is being solved, what challenges and barriers are expected and how they can be overcome.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Georg Reifferscheid is Head of the Department of Biochemistry and Ecotoxicology and Deputy Head of the Division Qualitative Hydrology of the German Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG; Koblenz, Germany). He has a Ph.D. in genetic toxicology (University of Mainz, Germany). Dr. Reifferscheid has broad experience in ecotoxicology, toxicological risk assessment and project management. He is involved in various standardization projects within ISO TC147 Water Quality Subcommittee 5 Biological methods (SC5). He is Chairperson of SC5 and a member of Joint ISO/TC 147/SC 2 - ISO/TC 61/SC 14 Working Group: Plastics (including microplastics) in waters and related matrices.
Dr. Nicole Brennholt is a research scientist in the Department of Biochemistry and Ecotoxicology at the German Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG; Koblenz, Germany) since 2009. She has a Ph.D. in ecology from the University of Essen, Germany. Dr. Brennholt is in charge of national and international projects dealing with (micro-)plastic issues in freshwater and marine ecosystems and microbial water quality. Furthermore, she manages the microbial laboratory (biosafety level 2). With her colleagues she organized several national and international workshops and symposia on plastics in marine and freshwater environments.
Dr. Evgeniia Kostianaia is a researcher at the P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russia). She is involved in several international initiatives such as acting as the Focal Point for the International Ocean Institute (Malta) for Moscow, Russia; representing Russia as the Black Sea Young Ambassador and being a member of the working group on sustainable development of the Caspian Sea region and the Caspian Integrated Scientific Network (CASPISNET). She has helped organize several conferences on sustainable development of the Russian parts of the Azov, Black and Caspian Seas.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Plastics in the Aquatic Environment - Part II
Book Subtitle: Stakeholders' Role Against Pollution
Editors: Friederike Stock, Georg Reifferscheid, Nicole Brennholt, Evgeniia Kostianaia
Series Title: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84114-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-84113-3Published: 27 October 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-84116-4Published: 28 October 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-84114-0Published: 26 October 2021
Series ISSN: 1867-979X
Series E-ISSN: 1616-864X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 285
Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations, 30 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Management, Geochemistry, Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management, Polymer Sciences, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution