Blar i NIVA Open Access Archive på forfatter "Karasik, Rachel"
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Cleaning Up without Messing Up: Maximizing the Benefits of Plastic Clean-Up Technologies through New Regulatory Approaches
Falk-Andersson, Jannike; Rognerud, Idun; De Frond, Hannah; Leone, Giulia; Karasik, Rachel; Diana, Zoie; Dijkstra, Hanna; Ammendolia, Justine; Eriksen, Marcus; Utz, Ria; Walker, Tony R.; Fürst, Kathinka (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)As the global plastics crisis grows, numerous technologies have been invented and implemented to recover plastic pollution from the environment. Although laudable, unregulated clean-up technologies may be inefficient and ... -
Inequitable distribution of plastic benefits and burdens on economies and public health
Karasik, Rachel; Lauer, Nancy E.; Baker, Anne-Elisabeth; Lisi, Niki E.; Somarelli, Jason A.; Eward, William C.; Fürst, Kathinka; Dunphy-Daly, Meagan M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Plastic heterogeneously affects social systems – notably human health and local and global economies. Here we discuss illustrative examples of the benefits and burdens of each stage of the plastic lifecycle (e.g., macroplastic ...