Source to Seas – Zero Pollution 2030 is developing several publications to inform the development of a holistic zero pollution framework to guide the process towards achieving zero pollution in European seas by 2030.

Publications

• Mattsson, K., Masque, P., Maes, T. & Metian, M. (2025) Catch me if you can: Microplastics hidden in plain sight. Environmental Science & Policy, 173, 104217
• van Leeuwen J., Kopke K., Devriese L.I., Del Savio L., Booth A.M., Boteler B., Berglihn E., Cowan E., Maes T., Vlachogianni T. (2025) Bridging currents: an interdisciplinary source-to-sea approach is essential to align regional and national priorities with the future global plastics treaty ambitions. Cambridge Prisms: Plastics. 2025;3:e22.
• Piarulli, S., Sørensen, L., Amat, L.M., Farkas, J., Khan, E.A., Arukwe, A., Gomiero, A., Booth, A.M., Gomes, T., Hansen, B.H. (2025). Particles, chemicals or both? Assessing the drivers of the multidimensional toxicity of car tire rubber microplastic on early life stages of Atlantic cod. Journal of Hazardous Materials 494, 138699
• Devriese L.I., Verleye T.J., Vlachogianni T., Maes T., Boteler B., Del Savio L., Booth A.M., Kopke K. (2025) Setting the course: aligning European Union marine pollution policy ambitions with environmental realities. Front. Mar. Sci. 12:1586918.
• Tiller, R., Cowan, E.C., Ahlquist, I.H., Tiller, T. (2024) Standoff at the four-way stop sign: late-night diplomacy at the fourth session of negotiations (INC-4) on the global treaty to end plastic pollution. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences
• De Buyser, S., Devriese, L.I., Lonneville, B., Verleye, T.J., Pirlet, H. (2024). Mapping of policy instruments and powers of authorities in the transition zone from inland waters to sea: Three study areas in Flanders. Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ): Ostend. 28 pp.
• Sørensen, L., Gerace, M.H. & Booth, A.M. (2024). Small micro- and nanoplastic test and reference materials for research: Current status and future needs. Cambridge Prisms: Plastics, 2, e13. 
• Sørensen, L., Zammite, C., Igartua, A., Christensen, M.M., Haraldsvik, M., Creese, M.E., Gomes, T. & Booth, A.M. (2024). Towards realism in hazard assessment of plastic and rubber lechates – Methodological considerations. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 480. 
• Brander, S.M., Senathirajah, K., Fernandez, M., Weis, J.S., Kumar, E., Jahnke, A., Hartmann, N.B., Alava, J.J., Farrelly, T., Almroth, B.C., Groh, K.J., Syberg, K., Buerkert, J.S., Abeynayaka, A., Booth, A.M., Cousin, X., Herzke, D., Moclus, L., Morales-Caselles, C., Bonisoli-Alquati, A., Al-jaibachi, R. & Wagner, M. (2024). The time for ambitious action is now: Science-based recommendations for plastic chemicals to inform an effective global plastic treaty. Science of the Total Environment, 949, 1-11.
• Cowan, E., Tiller, R. & Maes, T. (2024). The Rule of Three: the third session of negotiations (INC-3) on the global treaty to end plastic pollution. Journal of Environmental Studies and Science.
• Cowan, E., Holmberg, K., Nøklebye, E., Rognerud, I. & Tiller, R. (2024). It takes two to tango: the second session of negotiations (INC-2) for a global treaty to end plastic pollution. Journal of Environmental Sciences 14, 328-434.
• Carlsen, E.C.L., Hjelset, S., Gomes, T., Igartua, A., Sørensen, L., Both, A.M., Hylland, K. & Eiler, A. (2024). Synthetic and natural rubber associated chemicals drive functional and structural changes as well as adaptations to antibiotics in in vitro marine microbiomes. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 273, 116134. 
• Hägg, F., Herzke, D., Nikiforov, V.A., Booth, A.M., Sperre, K.H., Sørensen, L., Creese, M.E. & Halsband, C. (2023). Ingestion of car tire crumb rubber and uptake of associated chemicals by lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus). Frontiers in Environmental Science, 11, 1219248. 
• Mitrano, D.M., Bigalke, M., Booth, A.M., Carteny, C.C., Coffin, S., Egger, M., Gondikas, A., Hüffer, T., Koelmans, A.A., Lahive, E., Mattsson, K., Reynaud, S. & Wagner, S. (2023). Training the next generation of plastics pollution researchers: tools, skills and career perspectives in an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary field.  Microplastics and Nanoplastics,  3, 24.
• Maes, T., Preston-Whyte, F., Lavelle, S., Gomiero, A., Booth, A.M., Belzunce-Segarra, M.J., Bellas, J., Brooks, S., Bakir, A., Devriese, L.I., Pham, C.K. & De Witte, B. (2023). A recipe for plastic: Expert insights on plastic additives in the marine environment. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 196, 115633.
• Maes, T., Wienrich, N., Weiand, L., & Cowan, E. (2023). A little less conversation: How existing governance can strengthen the future global plastics treaty. Cambridge Prisms: Plastics, 1, e22.
• Sørensen, L., Farkas, J., Beathe Øverjordet, I., & Hansen, B.H. (2023). In situ biomonitoring using caged lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) eggs reveal plastic and rubber associated chemicals in a harbour area in Central Norway. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, 86(12), 397-403.

Recommended reading

• Booth, A.M., Sørensen, L., Brander, S., Weis, J.S., Courtene-Jones, W., Parker-Jurd, F. & Thompson R.C. (2024). Vehicle tyres – A key source of microplastics to the environment: An introduction to the face, effects, and mitigation strategies.
• Sandra, M., Devriese, L. I., Booth, A. M., Witte, B. D., Everaert, G., Gago, J., Galgani, F., Langedock, K., Lusher, A., Maes, T., Pirlet, H., Russell, J. & Pham, C. K. (2023). A systematic review of state-of-the-art technologies for monitoring plastic. Journal of Ocean Engineering and Science. 
• Vercauteren, M., Zhang T., Janssen C. R. & Asselman J. (2023). Policy informing brief: Analysis on the link between microplastics, the environment and public health, Ghent University, Belgium, 136 pp