Public Forum - February 2024 - Single Use Plastics
Dispose of your opponents' arguments like so many polystyrene cups washed into the ocean depths with these tips on the February 2024 PF topic.
TIME STAMPS
Definitions and Background 5:34
PRO Arguments 21:21
CON Arguments 45:21
Final Thoughts 1:05:28
SOURCES CITED
European Commission Website, Topics: Single-Use Plastics: https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topi...
Courtney Lindwall, Natural Resources Defense Council (2020), Single Use Plastics 101: https://www.nrdc.org/stories/single-u...
PlasticOceans.Org (2021), Plastic: It’s Not All the Same: https://plasticoceans.org/7-types-of-...
David Vetter, Forbes (2021), These Four Plastic Items Make Up Almost Half Of All Ocean Trash: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidrve...
European Commission Website, EU restrictions on certain single use plastics: https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topi...
SourceGreen Blog (2021), EU Single-Use Plastic Directive 101: https://www.sourcegreen.co/plastics/e...
Larissa Copello and others, Rethink Plastic Alliance (2022), Single Use Plastics Directive Implementation Assessment Report: https://rethinkplasticalliance.eu/wp-...
Seaside Sustainability (March 2023), The US Progress with Single-Use Plastic Bans: https://www.seasidesustainability.org...
PRO SOURCES
United Nations (2023) Fast Facts - What is Plastic Pollution?
https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelop...
Greenmatch Blog (2023) Top 10 Countries Producing Most Plastic Waste:
https://www.greenmatch.co.uk/blog/10-...
United Nations Environment Programme (2021) Our Planet Is Choking On Plastic:
https://www.unep.org/interactives/bea...
Plastic Ocean International (2023) Plastic Pollution Facts:
https://plasticoceans.org/the-facts/
Christie Keith (2023) Health & Environmental Impacts of Single-Use Plastics: https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition...
Caroline Gordon, Duke University US Environmental Policy Blog (2019), Single-Use Plastic and Its Effects on Our Oceans: https://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/env21...
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Ellen Macarthur Foundation (2016) The New Plastics Economy : https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/McKi...
Drew Harvell et. al. (2018) Plastic Waste Associated With Disease On Coral Reefs: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s...
Alice Rogers et. al., (2017) Fisheries Productivity Under Progressive Coral Reef Degradation: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wil...
Golam Kifria, Royal Melbourne Inst. of Technology (2023), Impacts of microplastic on fisheries and seafood security - Global analysis and synthesis:
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The World Wildlife Fund (2023) Overview : https://www.worldwildlife.org/industr...
The University of Colorado Boulder (2023) The Impact of Plastic On Climate Change:
https://www.colorado.edu/ecenter/2023...
Iris Crawford, MIT Climate Portal (2022), Would stopping plastic pollution help with climate change? https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/would...
The EU parliament (2018) Microplastics: sources, effects, and solutions: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/e...
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Geneva Environment Network (2024), Update - Plastics and Human Health: https://www.genevaenvironmentnetwork....
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Claire Asher (2023) Microplastics Pose Risk to Ocean Plankton, Climate, Other Key Earth Systems: https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/mic...
Kara Lavender Law et al. (2020), published in Science, The United States’ Contribution of Plastic Waste To Land And Ocean: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s...
CON Sources in comments due to length restrictions.