Exploring a Source to Sea approach for plastic pollution policy integration in the European Union: the case of tyre wear particles

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dc.contributor.authorSavio, Linda Del
dc.contributor.authorBoteler, Ben
dc.contributor.authorvan Leeuwen, Judith
dc.contributor.authorKopke, Kathrin
dc.contributor.authorVlachogianni, Thomais
dc.contributor.authorDevriese, Lisa I.
dc.contributor.authorBooth, Andy M.
dc.contributor.authorBerglihn, Elisabeth C.
dc.contributor.authorMaes, Thomas
dc.contributor.funderEuropean Commission, EU, 101060213
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-02T09:50:02Z
dc.date.available2026-07-02T09:50:02Z
dc.date.issued2026-03-12
dc.description.abstractThe European Green Deal marks a shift in policy-making, aiming to transform the European economy and society to achieve sustainability and climate neutrality. Its zero-pollution ambition, outlined in the Zero Pollution Action Plan, provides an opportunity to address marine pollution in the European Union in a more integrated manner, setting the ground for new governance requirements to address existing challenges, and drive the integration of previously separate policy domains. In this context, the Source to Sea concept is explored to assess plastic pollution policy integration with regard to tyre wear particles, a form of unintentionally released microplastics. In this vein, the article considers the life cycle stages and pathways of tyre wear particle pollution across land, freshwater, and the marine environment to identify key actors, including responsible authorities, and policies that govern them. In applying a Source to Sea approach to the tyre wear particles case, the assessment highlights cooperation and conflicts among actors, conflicting policy objectives and how tyre wear particles are covered under the European Green Deal. This assessment offers a perspective to explore opportunities for policy integration regarding marine pollution and for future research avenues into policy integration, including through the application of empirical studies.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors wish to express their gratitude to Professor Claire Dupont, Dr. Filip ÄŒernoch and Professor Jale Tosun for the organisation of the workshop and informal review of this paper. The authors also wish to thank the discussant, Ms. Alba Prados Pascual, for her helpful comments. Furthermore, the authors wish to acknowledge the information and knowledge produced under the SOS-ZEROPOL2030 Project, which benefitted this work. The authors also wish to thank the reviewers for their time and valuable feedback that helped improve this work. The authors wish to acknowledge the funding as part of the SOS-ZEROPOL2030 project funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe programme under grant agreement No. 101060213.
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dc.identifier.authororcidSavio, Linda Del
dc.identifier.authororcidBoteler, Ben
dc.identifier.authororcidvan Leeuwen, Judith
dc.identifier.authororcidKopke, Kathrin§0000-0001-9037-9867
dc.identifier.authororcidVlachogianni, Thomais
dc.identifier.authororcidDevriese, Lisa I.
dc.identifier.authororcidBooth, Andy M.
dc.identifier.authororcidBerglihn, Elisabeth C.
dc.identifier.authororcidMaes, Thomas
dc.identifier.citationSavio, L D, Boteler, B, van Leeuwen, J, Kopke, K, Vlachogianni, T, Devriese, L I, Booth, A M, Berglihn, E C & Maes, T 2026, 'Exploring a Source to Sea approach for plastic pollution policy integration in the European Union: the case of tyre wear particles', Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, pp. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2026.2621724
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/1523908X.2026.2621724
dc.identifier.endpage20
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of Environmental Policy & Planning
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-9037-9867/work/208271597
dc.identifier.startpage1
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/18990
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.urihttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105032904018
dc.rights© 2026, the Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/),which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
dc.rights.accessrightsopen access
dc.rights.licensenameAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.statusPeer reviewed
dc.subjectEuropean Green Deal
dc.subjectMarine governance
dc.subjectMarine plastic pollution
dc.subjectPerspective study
dc.subject[ERI]
dc.subjectmarine plastic pollution
dc.subjectperspective study
dc.titleExploring a Source to Sea approach for plastic pollution policy integration in the European Union: the case of tyre wear particlesen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)
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