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Plastic Pollution Reduction

For a focused scope on Marine Pollution Reduction Strategies, we'll concentrate on a single pollution type: Plastic Pollution. This choice is due to the widespread recognition of plastic waste as a significant and growing threat to marine environments worldwide.

Goal 14 Goal 12

Decision makers

  • Environmental Protection Agencies
  • Policy Makers

Objectives

To reduce plastic pollution in marine environments through the implementation of effective policies and strategies.

Interactive application

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Data attributes

Context

The situation decision makers are in when they have to make a decision can be described by the following attributes:

  1. AffectedAreaSize (Numerical, square kilometers): Continuous value.
  2. BiodiversityImpactLevel (Categorical): [Low, Medium, High]
  3. EconomicImpactLevel (Categorical): [Low, Medium, High]
  4. Region (Categorical): [NorthAmerica, SouthAmerica, Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, Antarctica]
  5. PrevActionEfficiency (Categorical): [None, Low, Medium, High]
  6. CommunityEngagementLevel (Categorical): [Low, Medium, High]
  7. LegislationExistence (Categorical): [Yes, No]
  8. AnnualTourismRevenue (Numerical, millions USD): Continuous value.
  9. LocalEconomyDependency (Categorical): [Low, Medium, High]
  10. Season (Categorical): [Dry, Wet] - Season during which the data is collected, affecting plastic runoff.

Actions

Decision makers can take the following actions:

  1. ActionType (Categorical): [BanSingleUsePlastics, WasteManagementInfrastructure, CleanupInitiatives, PublicAwarenessCampaigns, InternationalAgreements]
  2. InvestmentAmount (Numerical, millions USD): Continuous value.
  3. ImplementationPeriod (Numerical, months): Integer value.
  4. StakeholderInvolvement (Categorical): [LocalCommunities, Businesses, NGOs, Government]
  5. TechnologyUse (Categorical): [None, Low, Medium, High]

Outcomes

Decision makers are evaluated on the following outcomes:

  1. PollutionReduction (Categorical): [None, Low, Medium, High] (Maximize)
  2. EconomicImpact (Categorical): [Negative, Neutral, Positive] (Maximize)
  3. BiodiversityRecovery (Categorical): [None, Low, Medium, High] (Maximize)
  4. Cost (Numerical, millions USD): Continuous value - Calculated based on InvestmentAmount, ImplementationPeriod, and any indirect costs or savings. (Minimize)

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