• China’s regulatory respond to plastic pollution: Trends and trajectories 

      Fürst, Kathinka; Feng, Yidi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Despite China having an international reputation as one of the largest contributors to plastic pollution in the world’s oceans, research analyzing China’s regulatory approach to governing plastic has been limited and ...
    • 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 ...
    • Diversified Farming Systems: Impacts and Adaptive Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States, Norway and China 

      Måren, Inger Elisabeth; Wiig, Heidi; McNeal, Kathryn; Wang, Sally; Zu, Sebrina; Cao, Ren; Fürst, Kathinka; Marsh, Robin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The COVID-19 pandemic fully exposed the vulnerability of the global agri-food system to shocks and stresses, highlighting the need for transformation and action to make it more resilient and inclusive. This paper offers a ...
    • 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 ...
    • Miljøvennlige menstruasjonsprodukter i Osloskolene 

      Snekkevik, Vilde Kloster; Chakravorty, Diya; Falk-Andersson, Jannike; Fürst, Kathinka (NIVA-rapport;7816-2023, Research report, 2023)
      Engangsprodukter som bind og tamponger og deres negative påvirkninger på natur, miljø og helse har hatt lite fokus. Dette til tross for at det finnes mer miljøvennlige alternativer. Oslo kommunes tiltaksordning har som mål ...
    • Plastic pollution in Indonesia and the Philippines: current status and upcoming knowledge needs 

      Braaten, Hans Fredrik Veiteberg; Karlsson, Marianne; Nordbø, Anne Josephine; Hurley, Rachel; O'Neill, Caroline; Arisman, .; Jaya, Ratnawati Kusuma; Bell, Thomas E.M.; Gonzalez, Aimee; Fürst, Kathinka; Olsen, Marianne (NIVA-rapport;7662, Research report, 2021)
      Research on plastic leakage and marine debris has developed significantly the last few years, but our knowledge on the scope of the problem, environmental and societal effects, and potential solutions is still limited. ...