Addressing Marine Plastics. A Roadmap to a Circular Economy.

Annex 2: List of detailed recommended actions

Type of action

Action domain

Action description

Time frame

Leading stakeholder

Supporting stakeholder

Main life cycle stage

Scale

Create cross-cutting enabling conditions

Advocacy/ capacity building

Set up and strengthen common platforms with cross-value chain representation at global, regional, national and local scales for developing, implementing and coordinating action plans to address plastic pollution Develop effective consumer campaigns to encourage consumers demand sustainable options and act at individual level to reduce plastics usage Deliver awareness-raising campaigns to recreational users of coastal areas on the importance of avoiding littering and preventing losses of fishing gear

Global, regional,

Short to medium term

Intergovernmental organization/ regional organizations/ National governments

all the other stakeholders

cross-cutting

national and sub-national

Create cross-cutting enabling conditions

Advocacy/ capacity building

National

short-term

Civil society organizations

Consumers

consumption and reuse

Create cross-cutting enabling conditions

Advocacy/ capacity building

National and sub-national

short-term

Local governments

Local waste collectors, recyclers

consumption and reuse

Create cross-cutting enabling conditions

Advocacy/ capacity building

Raise awareness, and provide reliable sustainability information to consumers

National

Medium to long term

National governments, brands, producers

Civil society organizations

consumption and reuse

Create cross-cutting enabling conditions

Knowledge creation

Research to quantify marine-based sources of plastics

Global and national

short-term

Researchers/ academia

National governments/ Intergovernmental organization Intergovernmental organization/ regional organizations Intergovernmental organization/ regional organizations

cross-cutting

Create cross-cutting enabling conditions

Knowledge creation

Agree on common definitions and methodologies to allow for harmonized data onplasticmaterial flows and consistent sampling of marine litter andmicroplastics Develop and maintain databases, with regularly updated data on plastic material flows (including production, consumption, collection, recycling, waste management) Develop and improve methodologies to evaluate the impacts of plastics and their alternatives (such as Life Cycle Assessment)

Global

short-term

Researchers/ academia

cross-cutting

Create cross-cutting enabling conditions

Knowledge creation

Global

Medium to long term

National governments

cross-cutting

Create cross-cutting enabling conditions

Knowledge creation

Global

Medium to long term

Researchers/ academia

Intergovernmental organization/ regional organizations

raw material

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