Editorial: Emerging Challenges and Solutions for Plastic Pollution

Without a change in policy and management, plastic waste is modeled to triple by 2060 compared to 2019. Even with far-reaching actions, 710 million metric tons of plastic waste will enter environments between 2016–2040.

In a special issue of Frontiers in Marine Science, “Emerging Challenges and Solutions for Plastic Pollution,” these authors and others provide a transdisciplinary collection of articles exploring plastic pollution issues and hypothesizing solutions. The topic is broad to include diverse approaches as contributions from all stakeholders are needed to provide a full perspective on the plastic waste problem.