Dr. Gail Krantzberg works at the interface of science and public policy with extensive expertise in disciplines involving remediation of degraded freshwater ecosystems, regeneration policies for natural ecosystem assets, and the advancement of Great Lakes resilience. She is Professor of the Masters of Engineering and Public Policy at McMaster University. She worked for the Ontario Ministry of Environment from 1988 to 2001 and was the director of the International Joint Commision's Great Lakes Regional Office from 2001-2005.

Plastics: Nature-Based Solutions and Effective Governance. Driver, Trends and Fate of Plastics and Micro Plastics Occurrence in the Environment. The Correlation Between Plastic and Climate Change. Plastics and Circular Economy. Seeing Is Believing: Educational and Volunteer Programming to Address Plastic Pollution in Hamilton Harbour. The Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup: An Effective Approach to Addressing Plastic Pollution in the Great Lakes. Microplastic Sources, Contamination, and Impacts on Aquaculture Organisms. Occurrence and Source of Microplastics Contamination in Drinking Water and Performance of Water Treatment Plants in Removing Microplastics. Regulating the Export of Plastic Waste in Canada. Nature-Based Solutions to Address the Plastics Problem: Biomimicry. Microplastic Research in India: Current Status and Future Perspectives. Forging Plastic Litter Governance: Addressing Acute Plastic Litter Pollution in Korea. The Role of International Water Law in the Management of Marine Plastic Pollution: The Case of China and Its Transboundary Rivers. The Plastic Vote: Referendum as a Governance Tool to Combat Plastic Pollution. Plastic Pollution Treaty: Way Forward.

The focus of this book is not just to highlight the problem of plastics, its definition, and how plastic pollution is impacting human health and environment but also to look at some best practices in both nature based solutions and in the field of law and policies.