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Plastic Waste: Challenges and Opportunities to Mitigate Pollution and Effective Management

open access: yesInternational Journal of Environmental Research, 2023
A comprehensive analysis of global plastic waste generation and its effect on land and marine environment is conducted. Plastic waste management technologies for both land and marine environment are reviewed thoroughly.
M. Kibria   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

More than 1000 rivers account for 80% of global riverine plastic emissions into the ocean

open access: yesScience Advances, 2021
More than 1000 rivers account for most plastic emissions, ranging from small urban drains to large rivers. Plastic waste increasingly accumulates in the marine environment, but data on the distribution and quantification of riverine sources required for ...
L. Meijer   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A growing plastic smog, now estimated to be over 170 trillion plastic particles afloat in the world’s oceans—Urgent solutions required

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2023
As global awareness, science, and policy interventions for plastic escalate, institutions around the world are seeking preventative strategies. Central to this is the need for precise global time series of plastic pollution with which we can assess ...
M. Eriksen   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Household Assessment of Plastic Waste Management in the Urban Commune of Faranah (Republic of Guinea)

open access: yesInternational Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology, 2023
This study focuses on the management of plastic waste from households in Faranah. The objective is to establish an inventory of the management of plastic waste by households to allow stakeholders to have a synoptic picture of the situation in order to ...
Mata Mamoudou KALLE   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
Plastic pollution is ubiquitous throughout the marine environment, yet estimates of the global abundance and weight of floating plastics have lacked data, particularly from the Southern Hemisphere and remote regions.
M. Eriksen   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Plasticity [PDF]

open access: yesNeuroRX, 2006
Over the past 20 years, evidence has mounted regarding the capacity of the central nervous system to alter its structure and function throughout life. Injury to the central nervous system appears to be a particularly potent trigger for plastic mechanisms to be elicited.
openaire   +2 more sources

Plastic Pollution

open access: yesInternational Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology, 2022
: Plastic pollution is one of the fastest growing environmental challenges of our time. Since the 1960’s, various concerns were raised regarding plastic waste generation (Plastic pollution) around the globe. Everyday tons of plastic waste is generated in
Ameya Wagh, Falguni Bhavsar, R. Shinde
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Anaesthetic complications in plastic surgery

open access: yesIndian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2013
Anaesthesia related complications in plastic surgeries are fortunately rare, but potentially catastrophic. Maintaining patient safety in the operating room is a major concern of anaesthesiologists, surgeons, hospitals and surgical facilities ...
Soumya Sankar Nath   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Planned Multidisciplinary Surgical Approach to Treat Primary Pelvic Malignancies

open access: yesCurrent Oncology, 2023
The pelvic anatomy poses great challenges to orthopedic surgeons. Sarcomas are often large in size and typically enclosed in the narrow confines of the pelvis with the close proximity of vital structures.
Andrea Sambri   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mortality from plastic ingestion and net entanglement in marine birds - description of three cases [PDF]

open access: yesVeterinarski Glasnik
Plastic debris is a significant threat to marine ecosystems, notably affecting seabird populations globally. In this report, the authors document deaths related to plastic ingestion in a Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus, Linnaeus, 1758) and net ...
Garcês Andreia   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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