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Decarbonizing energy: Plastic waste trade for zero waste 2040

Advances in Applied Energy
Plastics are essential to human activities but also drive climate burdens and global pollution from energy-intensive material production and waste treatment.
Xiang Zhao, Fengqi You
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How One California Aquarium is Developing an Ocean Conservation Strategy with Global Impact [PDF]

, 2018
This article discusses the ways in which the Monterey Bay Aquarium is pursuing its mission “to inspire conservation of the ocean”—including and beyond its visitor programs and education initiatives.
Spring, Margaret
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Mismanaged plastic waste as a predictor for river plastic pollution

Science of The Total Environment
Hydrometeorological processes are often assumed to be key drivers of plastic transport. However, the predominant focus on these factors overlooks the impact of anthropogenic factors, such as mismanaged plastic waste (MPW) on plastic transport variability.
Pinto, Rose Boahemaa, van Emmerik, Tim H.M., Duah, Kwame, van der Ploeg, Martine, Uijlenhoet, Remko   +4 more
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Men’s Health in Industries: Plastic Plant Pollution and Prevalence of Pre-diabetes and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

American Journal of Men's Health, 2018
Plastic production is prominently increasing and its pollution is an emerging environmental global health concern. This study aimed to investigate the occurrence of pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) among nonsmoking plastic industry ...
Sultan Ayoub Meo, Faris Jamal AlMutairi, Majed Mohammed Alasbali, Turki Badr Alqahtani, Saad Saeed AlMutairi, Rakan Abdulaziz Albuhayjan, Fawziah Al Rouq, Naseer Ahmed   +7 more
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Marine Debris Survey Manual [PDF]

, 1992
Over the last several years, concern has increased about the amount of man-made materials lost or discarded at sea and the potential impacts to the environment. The scope of the problem depends on the amounts and types of debris.
Dixon, Trevor R., Ribic, Christine A., Vining, Ivan   +2 more
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Corporate engagement in mitigating plastic pollution: examining voluntary initiatives and EU regulations

Frontiers in Sustainability
Plastic pollution has emerged as a critical global environmental challenge, with far-reaching ecological, economic, and social implications. This article addresses the fragmented nature of the current literature on plastic pollution regulations and their
Barbara Bokor
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Pollution in the open oceans: 2009-2013 [PDF]

, 2016
This review of pollution in the open oceans updates a report on this topic prepared by GESAMP five years previously (Reports and Studies No. 79, GESAMP, 2009).
Angelidis, M., Baker, Alexander, Bakker, Dorothee C. E., Boelens, R., Bowmer, T., Hedgecock, I., Kershaw, Peter, Tyack, Peter   +7 more
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Environment and technical progress around us [PDF]

, 2012
I want to draw your attention to the urgent problem of your life: Technical progress and Environment. Because of the lack of time I will start with the short characteristic of the environment.
Samoylenko, A.S.
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Bridging currents: an interdisciplinary source-to-sea approach is essential to align regional and national priorities with the future global plastics treaty ambitions

Cambridge Prisms: Plastics
While it is vital to agree to a set of global objectives and targets to reduce plastic pollution as part of the Global Plastic Treaty, past negotiations have been troubled by differences in regional and national priorities and needs.
Judith van Leeuwen, Kathrin Kopke, Lisa Devriese, Linda Del Savio, Andy M. Booth, Ben Boteler, Elisabeth Berglihn, Emily Cowan, Thomas Maes, Thomais Vlachogianni   +9 more
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The Open Burning of Plastic Wastes is an Urgent Global Health Issue

Annals of Global Health
The open burning of mixed wastes that contain plastics is a widespread practice across the globe, resulting in the release of gas emissions and ash residues that have toxic effects on human and environmental health.
Gauri Pathak, Mark Nichter, Anita Hardon, Eileen Moyer   +3 more
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