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The Marine Impact of UBC’s Single-Use Plastics

University of British Columbia. Campus and Community Planning

Project Background - The potential impact of the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) single-use plastics on marine life has been identified as an area of concern that requires further characterization and quantification (Beaty and Davis, 2018). To develop a better understanding of the extent of this issue, this project aimed to investigate sector-specific single-use plastic consumption, and therefore support the development of effective policy and public engagement strategies to reduce the university’s contribution to harmful marine plastic pollution. As part of the SEEDS Sustainability Program, this work is a collaboration between UBC’s Ocean Leaders and Sustainability and Engineering in Campus and Community Planning. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”

Report

eng

2019-12-17

Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

http://hdl.handle.net/2429/72831

Unreviewed

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/