Members of the Plastic Pollution Emissions Working Group recently published “A decision framework for estimating the cost of marine plastic pollution interventions”, in Conservation Biology. This paper presents a framework for evaluating the net cost of marine plastic pollution interventions. We also applied the framework to two quantitative case studies and four qualitative case studies to explore how context of implementation influenced net costs.
We hope this will help researchers and decision makers better evaluate, compare and present the true costs of interventions for marine plastic pollution and ensure they consider the equity of cost distribution.
Watch a recording of my presentation on this work for the Society for Conservation Biology's Emerging Issues in Conservation Seminar Series here!
