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Mind the fragmentation gap
Kvale, K.; Andrews, Z.A.; Egger, M. (2024). Mind the fragmentation gap. Nature Comm. 15(1): 9831. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53962-3
In: Nature Communications. Nature Publishing Group: London. ISSN 2041-1723; e-ISSN 2041-1723, more
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    Marine/Coastal
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  • Kvale, K.
  • Andrews, Z.A.
  • Egger, M., more
Abstract
    The Global Plastics Treaty presents an opportunity to “end plastic pollution”. Legacy plastics will continue to fragment to secondary microplastics for decades, without additional mitigation measures. We identify this flux as a “fragmentation gap”, currently overlooked in global policy targets.
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