Plastic Legacies: Pollution, Persistence, and Politics

Synopsis

There is virtually nowhere on earth that remains untouched by plastics and the situation presents a serious threat to our natural world. Despite the magnitude of the problem, the interventions most often put in place are consumer-led and market-based and only nominally capable of addressing the issue. As the problem worsens and neoliberal ideologies limit the world’s responses to this crisis, there is a growing need for legislative frameworks that attend to the complex social and ecological issues associated with plastics. The contributors to this volume bring expertise from across academic disciplines to illustrate how plastics are produced, consumed, and discarded and to find holistic and integrated approaches that demonstrate an understanding of the wide-ranging problem. From the plasticization of earth’s oceans to the endocrine disrupting chemicals that have the potential to seriously harm life as we know it, these essays beg the question that we all must answer: what is our plastic legacy? With contributions by: Imogen E. Napper, Sabine Pahl, Richard C. Thompson, Sasha Adkins, Stephanie B. Borrelle, Jennifer Provencher, Tina Ngata, Sven Bergmann, Christina Gerhardt, Elyse Stanes, Tridibesh Dey, Mike Michael, Laura McLauchlan, Johanne Tarpgaard, Deirdre McKay, Padmapani Perez, Lei Xiaoyu, and John Holland.

Copyright:

2021

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Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781771993296

Related ISBNs:

9781771993272, 9781771993289

Publisher:

Athabasca University Press

Date of Addition:

07/09/21

Copyrighted By:

Trisia Farrelly, Sy Taffel, and Ian Shaw

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Animals, Outdoors and Nature, Earth Sciences, Politics and Government

Reading Age:

18 and up

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Trisia Farrelly

Edited by:

Sy Taffel

Edited by:

Ian Shaw