Exploring Scientific Discourse on Marine Litter in Europe: Review of Sources, Causes and Solutions

Marine litter is a transboundary environmental issue that affects all the world’s oceans. Marine litter research is a young discipline but one that has exploded during the last five years. However, the increased knowledge of sources and underlying causes to marine litter, as well as knowledge regard...

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Published in:Sustainability 2022-07, Vol.14 (13), p.7987
Main Authors: Havas, Vilma, Løkke, Søren, Kørnøv, Lone
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Discourse analysis
Epistemology
Greenwashing
Institutionalization
Interdisciplinary research
Interdisciplinary studies
Knowledge
Marine debris
Oceans
Plastic pollution
Politics
Stakeholders
Sustainability
Trends
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Summary:Marine litter is a transboundary environmental issue that affects all the world’s oceans. Marine litter research is a young discipline but one that has exploded during the last five years. However, the increased knowledge of sources and underlying causes to marine litter, as well as knowledge regarding solutions, lack systematic review and synthesis. This study reviews the scientific discourses around plastic marine litter in Europe, and more specifically, in Norway and Denmark, and explores emerging discourse coalitions. Four main thematic storylines on the source-cause-solution causal relationship, as well as two emerging storylines within marine litter research, are found. This study concludes that in order to secure sustainability of solutions and to avoid risk transformation and greenwashing, more interdisciplinary research, including life cycle assessment and investigations of scientific and societal discourses, is needed.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su14137987