POST-PANDEMIC EFFECTS ON SUSTAINABILITY

Authors

  • Dimitar Dimitrov Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Anna-Maria Nikolaeva Markova Sofia, Bulgaria

Keywords:

Sustainability, post-pandemic society, plastics, plastic waste, sea and ocean pollution

Abstract

Is this the post-pandemic situation that one calling before the society will be drowned in the sea of plastics? Or it will help to live, produce and consume thinking about the long-term values in life?
If individuals are still that short-sighted and focus only on their short-term needs and their satisfaction none of this will help, but if the values of consuming more thinking about the future generations, rather than on our basic needs it will be a rescue for the mother Earth. And even if this is not enough it comes further – to save the human health. Plastic distortion in the air, the water and the whole nature is growing vastly and through marine pollution it goes into the food chain even to human bodies. The first baby with polymers in the placenta was born in 2021, do we want to get drowned or we are ready to face the challenge of this plastic debris and change the way we live, think and perceive the great gift and at the same time obligation to live – this is a question necessary to be risen. Not only plastic waste at the end of its life-cycle, i.e. following its manufacture is the issue to be targeted. Upstream legislative approaches are needed to stimulate a zero-waste goal, which will undoubtedly improve the feasibility and efficacy of future plastic policies

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Published

2021-10-07

How to Cite

Dimitrov, D., & Nikolaeva Markova, A.-M. (2021). POST-PANDEMIC EFFECTS ON SUSTAINABILITY. KNOWLEDGE - International Journal , 48(4), 711–713. Retrieved from https://ikm.mk/ojs/index.php/kij/article/view/4896