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Plastic pollution solutions: emerging technologies to prevent and collect marine plastic pollution

Environment 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 or2) collect marine and riverineplastic pollution.
Emily C Melvin, Zoie Diana, Jason A Somarelli   +2 more
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Plastic Pollution

International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology, 2022
Abstract: 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 various cities across the world.
Ameya Wagh, Falguni Bhavsar, Raj Shinde
semanticscholar   +6 more sources

Plastic pollution in the Arctic

Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2022
Plastic pollution is now pervasive in the Arctic, even in areas with no apparent human activity, such as the deep seafloor. In this Review, we describe the sources and impacts of Arctic plastic pollution, including plastic debris and microplastics, which
Melanie Bergmann, France Collard, Joan Fabres   +2 more
exaly   +4 more sources

Unfolding the science behind policy initiatives targeting plastic pollution. [PDF]

Microplast nanoplast, 2023
The intensive global plastic production, use and associated plastic pollution have caused concern for the potential risks to human health and the environment.
Nielsen MB, Clausen LPW, Cronin R, Hansen SF, Oturai NG, Syberg K.   +5 more
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Plastic pollution and the open burning of plastic wastes [PDF]

Global Environmental Change, 2023
The open burning of plastic wastes is a practice that is highly prevalent across the globe, toxic to human and environmental health, and a critical—but often overlooked—aspect of plastic pollution. Most of the countries where such burning is widespread have laws and policies in place against it; open burning continues nevertheless.
Pathak, Gauri, Nichter, Mark, Hardon, Anita, Moyer, Eileen, Latkar, Aarti, Simbaya, Joseph, Pakasi, Diana, Taqueban, Efenita, Love, Jessica   +8 more
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Defining Plastic Pollution Hotspots

Science of The Total Environment, 2023
Plastic pollution in the natural environment poses a growing threat to ecosystems and human health, prompting urgent needs for monitoring, prevention and clean-up measures, and new policies. To effectively prioritize resource allocation and mitigation strategies, it is key to identify and define plastic hotspots.
Paolo Tasseron, Tim van Emmerik, Paul Vriend, Rahel Hauk, Francesca Alberti, Yvette Mellink, Martine van der Ploeg   +6 more
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Plastic pollution in the marine environment [PDF]

Heliyon, 2020
Plastic pollution is recognized as a severe anthropogenic issue in the coastal and marine ecosystems across the world. Unprecedented and continuous accumulation of growing plastic contaminants into any respective aquatic ecosystem by the anthropogenic sources causes direct and/or indirect interruption to ecosystem structure, functions, and consequently,
G.G.N. Thushari, J.D.M. Senevirathna
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Current trends of unsustainable plastic production and micro(nano)plastic pollution

TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2023
-Unsustainable plastic production, use and mismanagement has resulted in increased global plastic pollution and subsequent degradation into micro(nano)plastics in the environment threatening sustainability.
Tony R Walker
exaly   +2 more sources

Global producer responsibility for plastic pollution. [PDF]

Sci Adv
Brand names can be used to hold plastic companies accountable for their items found polluting the environment. We used data from a 5-year (2018–2022) worldwide (84 countries) program to identify brands found on plastic items in the environment through ...
Cowger W, Willis KA, Bullock S, Conlon K, Emmanuel J, Erdle LM, Eriksen M, Farrelly TA, Hardesty BD, Kerge K, Li N, Li Y, Liebman A, Tangri N, Thiel M, Villarrubia-Gómez P, Walker TR, Wang M.   +17 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Environment education: A first step in solving plastic pollution

Frontiers 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, Zhubing Hu, Fangfang Du, Fangfang Du, Wei Tang, Siting Zheng, Shanzhou Lu, Lihui An, Jiannan Ding   +8 more
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