Abstract
This paper uses countries in the South China Sea Region (SCSR) as examples to study the level of regional cooperation in the marine plastic waste cleanup initiative. We designed a cooperation model to investigate the “cleanup system” from the Ocean Cleanup initiative to reduce marine plastic pollution. The non-cooperative game theory was applied to regional cooperation. The simulation results indicate that the plastic waste cleanup cooperation in the SCSR is related to the plastic trade network structure, the influence parameters of the Experience-Weighted Attraction learning model, and the economic effects. The results suggest that regional cooperation in the cleanup system in the SCSR is feasible, and it could create a significantly larger investment in the cleanup project than the current project attracts. Therefore, countries in the SCSR should adjust their laws and policies to make a good cooperative environment and to maximize the contribution to the marine plastic waste cleanup.
Highlights
Diekmann and David BarillaMarine plastic pollution has become an urgent worldwide problem
The South China Sea Region (SCSR) plays a vital role in the marine plastic waste claims the is same time, SCSR plays a vital in the waste issue [28]
The plastic waste cleanup cooperation in the South China Sea is related to the plastic trade network structure, the influence parameters of the experience weighted attraction (EWA) learning model, and the economic effects and policies of the marine plastic waste cleanup
Summary
Marine plastic pollution has become an urgent worldwide problem. The current two main themes of solving the marine plastic debris problem are reducing the source and increasing the cleanup. The Ocean Cleanup has used this system to catch plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and even transformed the collected plastic into useful recycled products [17]. The current partners in the Ocean Cleanup are mainly commercial companies such as Deloitte and Microsoft, while only the Dutch government has a partnership with the Ocean. Cleanup, allowing it to run its prototype test off the Dutch coast [17].
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