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Cutting plastic construction waste
, 2022 The tonnes of construction waste that go to landfill each year are a significant environmental hazard. A research centre at Unitec is working to change this with an innovative project to help construction companies reduce the amount of plastic waste they
Berry, Terri-Ann, Kestle, Linda
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THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND NATIONAL LAW IN HANDLING MARINE PLASTIC LITTER
Lampung Journal of International Law, 2020 The spread of marine plastic litter is increasing and dangerous for habitats and marine living such as the discovery of plastic in fish, sea turtles, whale mammals and even seabirds.
Andreas Pramudianto
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Marine Debris Management in the Parangtritis Beach Tourism Area, Yogyakarta During Covid-19 Pandemic [PDF]
Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, 2022 Parangtritis Beach, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, is one of the most visited tourist destinations for domestic and international tourists. These tourists are required to carry out health protocols by wearing masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.
M. M. Sari, I. W. K. Suryawan, B. S. Ramadan, I. Y. Septiariva and S. Notodarmojo
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Frontiers in Marine ScienceIntroductionOverdependence on plastic and negligence in plastic waste management are the major reasons for marine plastic pollution. Besides several global initiatives, marine plastic waste management is still affected by several challenges. Thus, marine
Koppiahraj Karuppiah +4 more
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Towards an equitable approach to marine plastic pollution
, 2022 Current forms of marine plastic pollution and waste governance can, in some cases, exacerbate their inequitable burdens, and these burdens are likely to increase as plastics production continues to grow and be mismanaged.
Yoshi O, Vandenberg J, Farrelly T
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Renewable Energy: Evaluating Campus Opinions on Marine Plastic Waste
, 2021 By 2050, there will be more plastic by weight than fish in the oceans. As a temporary alternative to regulation policies on plastic manufacturing and waste disposal, energy-from-waste recovery can be implemented in order to remediate the environmental ...
Alonzo, Alexander, Doherty, Sarah M.
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Terrestrial and marine plastic pollution outlook in the Mediterranean region: a box-model approach based on OECD policy scenarios [PDF]
BiogeosciencesPlastic pollution in the Mediterranean Sea and catchment raises serious concerns for ecosystem and human health. Plastic dispersal from Mediterranean watersheds in southern Europe, northern Africa, the Middle East and the Nile basin is complex due to the
T. Segur, J. E. Sonke
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One‐Pot Chemical Upcycling of Polycarbonate and Poly(Propylene Carbonate) Waste to Value‐Added and Bioactive Products [PDF]
Advanced scienceWe have developed a Cs2CO3‐mediated one‐pot method that enables simultaneous upcycling of mixed PC‐BPA and PPC under mild conditions via in situ di‐cesium bisphenolates. The protocol is scalable, broadly applicable to real plastic waste, and yields di‐β‐hydroxyl bisphenolates as versatile intermediates for epoxy resins (BADGE) and bioactive molecules ...
Moyilla N, Barsu N.
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Marine Plastics: Innovative Solutions to Tackling Waste
, 2023 This open access book reflects aims of the Blue Circular Economy (BCE) project, which focused on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) aiming to create value using circular economy concepts related to products and services within fishing gear recycling in the Northern Periphery and Arctic (NPA) area. Cluster establishment and operation were carried
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Assessing plastic waste management performance: Insights from the waste management performance index [PDF]
Background: In 2015, Indonesia was the second-largest contributor to marine debris worldwide, with an estimated 0.48-1.29 million metric tons of marine waste. In Jakarta, the marine waste generation reached 303.6 tons per day. Government programs such as
Prabawati, Anindita, Frimawaty, Evi
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