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Environment education: A first step in solving plastic pollution

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2023
Plastic pollution has been today’s most highly visible environmental problem in the world. How to responsibly manage plastic waste to control and eliminate plastic pollution has been a global challenge. We have begun to address these issues and developed
Jianli Liu   +8 more
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Reducing plastic waste for the competitiveness of Vietnamese tourist attractions [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2020
Plastic usage in tourism activities has increased significantly in Vietnam over the past decades, leading to the burden of plastic pollution and the threat to sustainable tourism development.
Tran Minh Tuan   +2 more
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Plastic Pulse of the Public: A review of survey-based research on how people use plastic

open access: yesCambridge Prisms: Plastics, 2023
Plastics pollute all environmental compartments because of human activities and mismanagement. Public perceptions and knowledge about plastic pollution differ among individuals and across different jurisdictions.
Tony R. Walker   +10 more
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Plastic pollution solutions: emerging technologies to prevent and collect marine plastic pollution

open access: yesEnvironment International, 2020
As plastic waste accumulates in the ocean at alarming rates, the need for efficient and sustainable remediation solutions is urgent. One solution is the development and mobilization of technologies that either 1) prevent plastics from entering waterways ...
Emma Schmaltz   +7 more
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Problemi pravne (ne)reguliranosti (mikro)plastike u morskom i riječnom okolišu

open access: yesPoredbeno Pomorsko Pravo, 2022
The durability of plastics, plastic litter’s ability to “travel” on rivers and across long distances as well as to accumulate in the seas and remain in the environment for a long period pose a great danger, the solution to which raises a challenge at the
Biljana Činčurak Erceg
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A Review of the Production, Recycling and Management of Marine Plastic Pollution

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2020
The human attachment to plastic has intensified recently due to its lightweight, versatility, low-cost and durability and so has the damage to the marine environment as marine plastic pollution has correspondingly increased.
Ibrahim Issifu, U. Rashid Sumaila
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Transportation fate and removal of microplastic pollution – A perspective on environmental pollution

open access: yesCase Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, 2020
With ever-increasing environmental pollution concerns, at large, and microplastic pollution, in particular, a sustainable quantification and redefining of plastic pollution is required urgently.
Muhammad Bilal, Hafiz M.N. Iqbal
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Global perceptions of plastic pollution: The contours and limits of debate

open access: yesCambridge Prisms: Plastics, 2023
Plastic pollution is central to policy and public debates about anthropogenic damage to the environment. Negotiations for an international binding treaty to end plastic pollution provide a timely opportunity to analyse peer-reviewed papers concerning ...
Lesley Henderson
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From source to sea: Floating macroplastic transport along the Rhine river

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2023
Rivers are pathways and storage zones for plastic pollution. Land-based plastic waste enters river systems through anthropogenic and hydrometeorological processes, after which they are transported and retained.
Boaz Kuizenga   +3 more
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Looking for a Chinese solution to global problems: The situation and countermeasures of marine plastic waste and microplastics pollution governance system in China

open access: yesChinese Journal of Population, Resources and Environment, 2021
As one of the top ten environmental problems to be solved in the world, marine plastic waste and microplastic pollution seriously affect the health of marine ecosystems and the sustainable development of Marine economies.
Yue Yang, Ling Chen, Lan Xue
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