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Careful handling of marine plastic litter: Technology assessment and care

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Waste is a core concern of today’s societies. A prominent example is marine plastic litter, which has devastating impacts on ocean ecosystems. But: How can technology assessment (TA) support a careful handling of plastic waste in the sea? And what can care concepts contribute to the practice of TA in this context? In this article, I show that care concepts can help understand the complexity of waste management as well as the environments involved, regulation processes, and technical innovations. Moreover, care concepts could benefit TA practice by sensitizing it not only to cultural, regional, and global concerns, but also to the distribution of responsibility and marginalization processes.

Source: TATuP - Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis

DOI: 10.14512/tatup.7170

Author: Sarah Maria Schönbauer

Institution: Technical University of Munich

Language: English

Topic: Microplastics and Plastic Pollution

Subfield: Pollution

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Responsible consumption and production

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4408782931

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