Emissions of intentionally added microplastics
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
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- 73200000 Research and development consultancy services
- 73110000 Research services
- 79315000 Social research services
- 73210000 Research consultancy services
- 79311400 Economic research services
- 90713000 Environmental issues consultancy services
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) awarded this contract to Economics for the Environment Consultancy Ltd worth £197,782 on 23 Nov 2023. The contract runs until 22 Dec 2024.
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This project aims to improve our understanding of the potential socioeconomic, environmental and human health impacts of intentionally added microplastics in the UK. This project will then consider the impacts of different potential policy actions, including placing controls on emissions of intentionally added microplastics, physical and chemical mechanisms of pollution, quantity and environmental damage estimates of emissions to the environment from different sectors, estimates of costs to businesses for reformulation to use alternatives to microplastics, uncertainties around environmental damage estimations
and human health costs.
This project will collect and analyse data on these issues, in order to assess potential policy responses, in line with the 25-year Environment Plan commitments. The key policy commitments the evidence project sets out to address are (1) 4.2 Achieving zero avoidable plastic waste by the end of 2042 (2) 4.7 Managing exposure to chemicals.
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