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**SINCE 01.07.2019 THE TEAM OF DR. STEVEN ENGLER RESEARCHES AT THE FACULTY OF GEOSCIENCES OF THE RUHR-UNIVERSITY BOCHUM**.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In order to legitimise political decisions on the plastic litter problem, it is necessary to formulate a quantitative emission target. The budget approach for plastic litter, which is to be developed within the framework of the project, serves this purpose. The research work is guided by the following questions: What amount of plastic in the environment is still acceptable? How long are plastics present in the environment until they are completely degraded? How can a global budget derived from answering these two questions be distributed fairly in a national per capita budget? The aim of the project is not to establish a budget, but to show ways of deriving it from empirically verified data and normative values in order to create a basis for future political decision-making processes.<\/p>\n

However, consistent governance also requires that the plastic litter emissions of various products, processes and consumption practices be accounted for in terms of quantity released and downstream environmental impacts. The second part of the proposed project, in which an impact assessment methodology is to be developed in order to adequately take plastic litter into account in life cycle analyses, will serve this purpose.<\/p>\n

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\nThe initiative is funded by the Bundesministerium f\u00fcr Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) within the research focus\u00a0Plastic in the Environment<\/a>\u00a0which involves over 100 academic and private sector institutions, and aims to investigate the entry of plastic into the environment as well as to identify and implement solutions to the plastic problem. The \u201cPlastic in the Environment\u201d research focus enhances and builds on measures already begun as part of the BMBF\u2019s larger green economy initiative\u00a0\u201cResearch for Sustainable Development\u201d (Forschung f\u00fcr Nachhaltige Entwicklung \u2013 FONA)<\/a>: a research programme on microplastics in the oceans internationally funded and coordinated by JPI OCEANS, an ongoing project on microplastics in the hydrologic cycle supported by funding for sustainable water management, and a socio-ecological research group called PlastX.<\/p>\n

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