Responsibility, engagement, and policy strategy for ocean plastic waste management: a Q-method study of stakeholder perspectives.
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| Title: | Responsibility, engagement, and policy strategy for ocean plastic waste management: a Q-method study of stakeholder perspectives. |
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| Authors: | Heath, Abigail1 (AUTHOR), Cotton, Matthew2 (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Journal of Environmental Planning & Management. Nov2022, Vol. 65 Issue 13, p2412-2435. 24p. 1 Diagram, 5 Charts. |
| Subjects: | Plastic scrap, Waste management, Energy demand management, Cigarette packaging, Ocean, Environmental reporting |
| Abstract: | Ocean plastic waste is an urgent environmental crisis, subject to growing media and policy scrutiny. We use Q-methodology to assess stakeholder perspectives on management practices, finding four emergent discourses concerning: environmental citizenship, global policy responsibility, health prioritization and economic incentivisation. We find stakeholder consensus on the impacts, levels of media coverage and need for action – creating a 'policy window' for strong environmental governance. Yet there remains disparity over who should lead pro-environmental action, and whether consumer behavior will genuinely change over time. Visual communication emerges as a popular tool to build social capacity for change. It behoves policymakers to learn from other visual behavior change initiatives, such as those on cigarette packaging, to stimulate long-term public engagement. By combining visual communication with taxes and levies to alter demand-side management for single use plastic products, we suggest that longer-term sustainable behavior change can be achieved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | Ocean plastic waste is an urgent environmental crisis, subject to growing media and policy scrutiny. We use Q-methodology to assess stakeholder perspectives on management practices, finding four emergent discourses concerning: environmental citizenship, global policy responsibility, health prioritization and economic incentivisation. We find stakeholder consensus on the impacts, levels of media coverage and need for action – creating a 'policy window' for strong environmental governance. Yet there remains disparity over who should lead pro-environmental action, and whether consumer behavior will genuinely change over time. Visual communication emerges as a popular tool to build social capacity for change. It behoves policymakers to learn from other visual behavior change initiatives, such as those on cigarette packaging, to stimulate long-term public engagement. By combining visual communication with taxes and levies to alter demand-side management for single use plastic products, we suggest that longer-term sustainable behavior change can be achieved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 09640568 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09640568.2021.1971954 |
