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Motivating actions to mitigate plastic pollution

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  • Lili Jia

    (University of Cambridge)

  • Steve Evans

    (University of Cambridge)

  • Sander van der Linden

    (University of Cambridge)

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Designing effective policy interventions to motivate mitigation actions requires more realistic assumptions about human decision-making based on empirical evidence from the behavioural sciences. We therefore need to consider behavioural rather than only economic costs and benefits in policy intervention designs.

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  • Lili Jia & Steve Evans & Sander van der Linden, 2019. "Motivating actions to mitigate plastic pollution," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 10(1), pages 1-3, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:10:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-019-12666-9
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12666-9
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    2. Weisenfeld, Ursula & Hauerwaas, Antoniya & Elshiewy, Ossama & Halder, Pradipta & Wesseler, Justus & Cingiz, Kutay & Broer, Inge, 2023. "Beyond plastic – Consumers prefer food packaging derived from genetically modified plants," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 52(10).
    3. D. Liliana González-Hernández & Raúl A. Aguirre-Gamboa & Erik W. Meijles, 2023. "The role of climate change perceptions and sociodemographics on reported mitigation efforts and performance among households in northeastern Mexico," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 25(2), pages 1853-1875, February.
    4. Jelena Barbir & Walter Leal Filho & Amanda Lange Salvia & Maren Theresa Christin Fendt & Rachel Babaganov & Maria Cristina Albertini & Alessandra Bonoli & Maximilian Lackner & Daniela Müller de Queved, 2021. "Assessing the Levels of Awareness among European Citizens about the Direct and Indirect Impacts of Plastics on Human Health," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(6), pages 1-18, March.
    5. Tony R. Walker & Eamonn McGuinty & Sylvain Charlebois & Janet Music, 2021. "Single-use plastic packaging in the Canadian food industry: consumer behavior and perceptions," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 8(1), pages 1-11, December.

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