A153.
Rice, R. E. & Moxley, C. M.
(2021). Plastic and the
environment: Background, implications, and challenges. In B. Takahashi,
J.
Metag, J. Thaker, & S. E. Comfort (Eds.), Handbook of
international trends in environmental communication
(pp. 155-172). New York, NY: Routledge and Washington D.C.:
International
Communication
Association.
This chapter first
provides a
brief overview of the background of plastic, including nature and
history,
environmental problems (general, plastic bags, marine plastic debris,
and
microplastics), and plastic recycling (process, extent, problems,
surveys, and
plastic bags). The chapter then briefly summarizes how selected news
articles,
websites, film, and YouTube videos communicate about these issues. The
review
ends with a discussion of obstacles, contradictions, myths, and
conceptual
issues about plastic and recycling, and the need to shift toward a
sustainable
and circular plastic economy.
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