Impacts of plastics in the environment

塑料对环境的影响

• 批准号: CRC-2021-00559
• 负责人: Boulay, AnneMarie
• 金额: $ 5.1万
• 依托单位: École Polytechnique de Montréal
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Canada Research Chairs
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=746992
• 关键词: Impacts; plastics; environment

Plastic litter affects species/ecosystems through ingestion or entanglement and potentially human health through ingestion or inhalation. Environmental decision makers have started to take action to address this issue, however, life cycle assessment (LCA), a tool commonly used to assist environmental decision making, does not yet factor in the consequences of plastic litter. This limits the application of LCA, since potential environmental benefits of measures (e.g. bans or substitution) cannot be properly assessed and could lead to adverse effects on ecosystems and human health. The main objective of this research program is to develop new models to include the impacts of plastic litter in LCA.

塑料垃圾通过摄入或缠绕影响物种/生态系统，并通过摄入或吸入影响人类健康。环境决策者已开始采取行动解决这一问题，然而，生命周期评估（LCA）这种常用来协助环境决策的工具尚未将塑料垃圾的后果考虑在内。这限制了 LCA 的应用，因为无法正确评估措施（例如禁令或替代）的潜在环境效益，并可能对生态系统和人类健康造成不利影响。该研究计划的主要目标是开发新模型，将塑料垃圾的影响纳入 LCA。