全球生产者对塑料污染的责任
Win Cowger1,2, Kathryn A Willis3,4, Sybil Bullock5
1Moore Institute for Plastic Pollution Research, Long Beach, CA 90803, USA.
Science advances
|April 24, 2024
概括
塑料污染的问责制是可以使用品牌的. 全球审计显示,可口可乐和百事可乐等顶级公司是主要的塑料污染者,强调了生产者责任的必要性.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 企业社会责任 企业社会责任
- 污染研究 污染研究
背景情况:
- 塑料污染是一个重要的全球环境问题.
- 塑料废物上的品牌标识可以促进企业的问责制.
- 之前的研究集中在废物成分上,但不太关注品牌特定的贡献.
研究的目的:
- 为了识别导致全球塑料污染的主要企业品牌.
- 研究塑料生产与品牌污染之间的关系.
- 倡导政策,让生产者对塑料垃圾负责.
主要方法:
- 利用来自84个国家的5年全球计划 (2018-2022) 的数据.
- 进行了1576次审计活动,以确定环境中的塑料物品上的品牌.
- 使用统计分析来确定生产与污染之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 在环境中发现的50%的塑料物品没有品牌,需要强制制制造商报告.
- 可口可乐公司 (11%),百事可乐公司 (5%),雀巢公司 (3%) 和丹诺公司 (3%) 被确定为全球最大的塑料污染者.
- 公司的塑料生产和他们品牌塑料污染之间存在着强烈的日志-日志线性关系.
结论:
- 品牌审计有效地识别了塑料污染的主要企业贡献者.
- 食品和饮料公司是不成比例的大型塑料污染者.
- 从主要污染者中逐步淘汰一次性塑料,可以显著减少全球塑料垃圾.
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