Marine Plastics: Innovative Solutions to Tackling Waste

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer Nature 2023
• Subjects: Ecological science, the Biosphere; Environmental management; Hydrology & the hydrosphere; Oceanography (seas); Pollution & threats to the environment; Sustainability; Aquatic; Circular Economy; Economy; Employment; Environment; Fish; Fishing Nets; Ghost Fishing; Innovation; Marine Litter; Marine Plastics; Marine Pollution; Marine Science; Ocean Plastics; Recycling; SMEs; Society; Waste Fishing
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (274 p.)
• ISBN: 978-3-031-31058-4; 9783031310577; 9783031310584
• Access: Open Access

This open access book reflects aims of the Blue Circular Economy (BCE) project, which focused on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) aiming to create value using circular economy concepts related to products and services within fishing gear recycling in the Northern Periphery and Arctic (NPA) area. Cluster establishment and operation were carried out in collaboration with academia, industry and government agencies following a triple-helix approach. Discarded fishing gear constitutes a large part of marine plastics. Preventing future discharge of fishing gear into the ocean is a vital step in combating plastic pollution. Circular economy is one of the tools in the European Green deal, targeting waste minimisation. Closing the loop for waste fishing nets by transferring them to a resource could be a solution for preventing discharge at sea: exploring this opportunity is at the core of this book.