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Plastic Pollution and the Planetary Boundaries framework

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Advocacy, Climate Change, Environmental Data, Fossil Fuel, Health, Material, Microplastics, Plastic Policy, Plastic Pollution, Policy, Pollutants, Solutions

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Activists, Educators, NGO Professionals, Policy Makers, Researchers, Scientists, Students, Teachers

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The Planetary Boundary framework states there are nine different measurable thresholds that human civilization should not cross in order to maintain the health of global systems. These include climate change, biodiversity, and novel chemicals, of which plastic is one. This report finds that the global scale of plastic pollution is affecting ecosystem health worldwide and is exacerbating other planetary boundaries.

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