Plastic Pollution, Public Framings, and Plastic Burning: Insights from Three Indian Towns

TY - JOUR

T1 - Plastic Pollution, Public Framings, and Plastic Burning

T2 - Insights from Three Indian Towns

AU - Latkar, Aarti

AU - Pathak, Gauri Sanjeev

PY - 2024/1/27

Y1 - 2024/1/27

N2 - Engaging with Michelle Murphy's regimes of perceptibility, we argue that framings of plastic pollution render certain dimensions of plastic pollution visible while eliding others, with adverse results on human and environmental health. When plastic pollution is understood predominantly through the lens of litter, it ends up encouraging toxic practices such as the open burning of plastic wastes. To truly address the toxic health and environmental effects of plastics, policy and public communication framings must be cautious of and mitigate against the use of the aesthetic dimension as a heuristic in comprehending and acting upon plastic pollution.

AB - Engaging with Michelle Murphy's regimes of perceptibility, we argue that framings of plastic pollution render certain dimensions of plastic pollution visible while eliding others, with adverse results on human and environmental health. When plastic pollution is understood predominantly through the lens of litter, it ends up encouraging toxic practices such as the open burning of plastic wastes. To truly address the toxic health and environmental effects of plastics, policy and public communication framings must be cautious of and mitigate against the use of the aesthetic dimension as a heuristic in comprehending and acting upon plastic pollution.

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0012-9976

VL - 59

SP - 54

EP - 56

JO - Economic & Political Weekly

JF - Economic & Political Weekly

IS - 4

ER -