20.500.12556/DiRROS-19450 Single-use plastic bans pollution exploring stakeholder perspectives on best practices for reducing plastic Abstract In this study, we conducted and documented workshops and interviews in Norway and Slovenia to identify stakeholder and future generation opinions and mitigation strategies for solving one of the most prominent environmental issues: plastic pollution. As part of the EU H2020 project GoJelly, stakeholders were brought together to explore their perceptions on considering jellyfish mucus as a new resource to contribute to reducing plastic pollution from entering the marine environment. The study was conducted in the spring of 2019, in a context directly after the European Union (EU) announced its Directive to ban the most commonly used single-use plastic (SUP) items. The study applied the snowball method as a methodological choice to identify relevant stakeholders. Systems thinking was utilized as a participatory modelling approach, which allowed for the creation of conceptual mind maps from the various workshops and interviews, to understand consumers’ consciousness, and to map out ideas on plastic pollution reduction. Plastic pollution takes place on a global scale and stakeholders discussed their individual perceptions of national and international solutions that could be put in place to solve it, including the opportunities around utilizing jellyfish mucus to filter and capture micro- and nanoplastic. We found that industry stakeholders in both case areas were generally more accepting of policy and increased innovation moving forward, but placed weight on the scientific community to conduct more research on the pollution issue and propose solutions. Future generation stakeholders (youth aged 14–18), however, put emphasis on consumer behavior and buying patterns of single-use products fueling the plastic crisis. ecology plastics single-use plastic stakeholder integration plastic pollution systems thinking ekologija plastika plastika za enkratno uporabo vključevanje zainteresiranih strani onesnaženje s plastiko sistemsko razmišljanje true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2024-07-18 03:50:14 2024-07-19 11:08:52 2024-07-20 04:02:59 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2021 0 0 Št. članka: 81; str. 1-16 iss. 8 Vol. 8 16 Aug 2021 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2021-08-16 574 2076-3298 10.3390/environments8080081 73971971 https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3298/8/8/81 1 532c3650-4497-11ef-b487-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=26852 RAZ_Cowan_Emily_2021.pdf RAZ_Cowan_Emily_2021.pdf 1 0C2116C8311C4F2B4131AB20120F9D1E ae1ffbe73f0db39d468b92732de600348fce4b3bd4cce834e81884f1d912495c 017e53a9-459e-11ef-b487-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=26982 Nacionalni inštitut za biologijo 0 0 0