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Real-world laboratories as an approach for reducing plastic outflow into the North Sea: A case study on opportunities and risks in design and implementation in northwest Germany. <i>Erdkunde 79(3/4)</i>: 267-288. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2025.03.03\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2025.03.03</a>","BEntID":436226,"PublicFlag":1,"CheckedFlag":0,"wosflag":1,"vabbflag":0,"RefStringPartII":". <i>Erdkunde 79(3/4)</i>: 267-288. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2025.03.03\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.3112/erdkunde.2025.03.03</a>","DocTypID":8,"DocType":"Journal article","MarineFlag":0,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"Authorstring":"Heisel-Sure, Y.; Kemmner, G.; Tebelmann, H.; Krebs, A.","OrigTitleTranslFlag":0,"Authorstringtrunc":"Heisel-Sure, Y. <i>et al.</i>","Englishabstract":"Global plastics production has grown rapidly in recent decades and is leading to an increased discharge of plastic waste into the environment, presenting a complex socio-ecological problem. The southern North Sea and its tributaries are affected by plastic pollution due to dense population, industrial use, as well as tourism and recreational activities. A paradigm shift is necessary to reduce the outflow of plastic waste from rivers and inland waters into the North Sea. In order to foster a socio-ecological transformation, one opportunity is to involve stakeholders from all sectors, who regulate, produce, trade, use, recycle and dispose plastic products, through a transdisciplinary process. Real-world laboratories as a science-practice interaction approach are conceptualised to produce robust knowledge to solve real-world environmental and societal challenges. The aim of this study is to determine how the design and early implementation phases of real-world laboratories should be executed to achieve socio-ecological transformation. 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