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Globally, plastic pollution generates a dramatic environmental impact, posing an increasing hazard to wildlife and human health. Complex measures are needed at the societal level to curb this pollution trend: from changing consumer behavior, enhanced research for innovative solutions to reduce plastic production and increase plastic recycling ratio, to the usage of environmentally friendlier alternatives, improved awareness raising, and information dissemination at wider scales. There are multiple possibilities for public and stakeholders to break the plastic pollution chain: education, research, environmental NGOs, plastic industry, local authorities, policy makers, and citizens – all can play an active role in the battle against pollution. This chapter presents the ways to induce an attitude shift at the societal level toward reduction of plastic pollution, by emphasizing the risks of plastic pollution, possibilities to change consumer behavior, examples of best practices to reduce pollution and improve plastic waste management, highlighting how education and science can improve our daily decisions toward green solutions, how social media can support with dedicated applications and awareness-raising campaigns, and how each stakeholder can contribute to tackle this global challenge.

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  1. International Association for Danube Research, Vienna, Austria

    Cristina Sandu

  2. European Research Institute Nonprofit Kft, Budapest, Hungary

    Emoke Takacs

  3. CNR-ISMAR, Institute for Marine Sciences, Lerici, La Spezia, Italy

    Giuseppe Suaria

  4. European Research Institute Onlus, Torino, Italy

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  5. Department of Animal Ecology I, Bayreuth Centre of Ecology and Environmental Research (BAYCEER), University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany

    Christian Laforsch & Martin M. G. J. Löder

  6. Waste Free Waters Foundation, Klimmen, The Netherlands

    Gijsbert Tweehuysen

  7. Waste Free Oceans, Brussels, Belgium

    Letitia Florea

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Sandu, C. et al. (2020). Society Role in the Reduction of Plastic Pollution. In: Stock, F., Reifferscheid, G., Brennholt, N., Kostianaia, E. (eds) Plastics in the Aquatic Environment - Part II. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, vol 112. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2020_483

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