{"id":54588,"date":"2025-01-16T14:00:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T14:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=54588"},"modified":"2025-01-16T14:00:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T14:00:30","slug":"new-study-outlines-helix-framework-approach-to-microplastic-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/new-study-outlines-helix-framework-approach-to-microplastic-pollution\/54588\/","title":{"rendered":"New study outlines helix framework approach to microplastic pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microplastic pollution is diverse in its physical and chemical structure and has many routes to environmental impact due to difficulties in isolating specific materials in plastic recycling.<\/h2>\n

A lack of analytical tools to identify and quantify microplastics adds to the challenges, as does a shortage of research on public attitudes and behavioural change around microplastic pollution.<\/p>\n

According to a new study, this complexity requires an integrated approach that combines interdisciplinary techniques and involves multiple groups, or \u2018helixes\u2019, in society.<\/p>\n

It proposes the use of the quintuple helix framework to manage this complexity.<\/p>\n

How the helix framework works<\/h3>\n

First introduced in 2010, the quintuple helix framework approach<\/a> positions the environment as a stakeholder rather than a passive component.<\/p>\n

Therefore, it emphasises the active role of ecology in facing environmental challenges.<\/p>\n

It conceptualises its five major stakeholders as dynamic and interactive and focuses on the co-production and exchange of knowledge. The aim is to produce a policy that addresses the multifaceted nature of the microplastic pollution problem with a holistic solution that has buy-in from stakeholders.<\/p>\n

The study describes the roles of five helixes and the unique insights they offer to the microplastic pollution challenge:<\/p>\n