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The Plastic Problem: Plastic Pollution in Bali [PDF]
, 2018 With the fourth highest population and an ever-growing rate of plastic consumption, Indonesia is the second largest plastic polluter in the world (McCarthy, 2018).
Giesler, Kate
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Pushing Radiative Cooling Technology to Real Applications
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Radiative cooling controls surface optical properties for solar and thermal radiation, offering solutions for global warming and energy savings. Despite significant advances, key challenges remain: optimizing optical efficiency, maintaining aesthetics, preventing overcooling, enhancing durability, and enabling scalable production.
Chongjia Lin +8 more
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Co-contaminants of microplastics in two seabird species from the Canadian Arctic
Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, 2022 Through ingestion and subsequent egestion, Arctic seabirds can bioaccumulate microplastics at and around their colony breeding sites. While microplastics in Arctic seabirds have been well documented, it is not yet understood to what extent these ...
Roxana Sühring +10 more
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A Bio‐Inspired Perspective on Materials Sustainability
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This perspective discusses natural materials as inspiration for sustainable engineering designs and the processing of materials. First, circularity, longevity, parsimony, and activity are presented as essential material paradigms. The perspective then uses many examples of natural and technical materials to introduce principles such as oligo ...
Wolfgang Wagermaier +2 more
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Synthetic undulation: improving the marine life quality on the Indonesian island of Seleyar [PDF]
, 2021 Beginning with a study on the properties and properties of plastic, this thesis examines perspectives and experiences of coastal communities forced to deal with overwhelming quantities of plastic pollution in their waters.
Shah, Shreeyaa
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Sustainable Smart Packaging from Protein Nanofibrils
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Smart packaging can extend shelf life and improve food quality monitoring. This study introduces a novel smart packaging solution using amyloid fibrils and red radish anthocyanins to monitor seafood spoilage. These findings show that these films effectively indicate shrimp freshness and possess high antibacterial and antioxidant properties, offering a ...
Mohammad Peydayesh +8 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Wood and cellulose are the most abundant and important sustainable materials on the planet at the disposal to solve major societal challenges. This perspective, written for all materials scientists, highlights how breakthroughs in cellulose nanotechnology combined with functional nanomaterials can revolutionize important areas like construction ...
Mahiar Max Hamedi +5 more
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Will the Global Plastics Treaty break the plastic wave? The beginning of a long discussion road
Cambridge Prisms: PlasticsWe are experiencing the effects of the triple planetary crisis—climate change, loss of nature, and pollution—aggravated by plastic pollution. Despite widespread global awareness of the adverse effects of plastic pollution, its ongoing increase remains ...
Fabiula Danielli Bastos de Sousa
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Ni3S4/ZnCdS heterojunction is prepared for the efficient production of H2 and high‐selectivity value‐added chemicals from waste plastic. The catalyst exhibits high H2 production rates of 27.9 and 17.4 mmol g−1 h−1, along with selectivities of 94.2% and 78.3% in the liquid product toward pyruvate and acetate production from PLA and PET, respectively ...
Zehao Ma +9 more
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The global apparel industry is a significant yet overlooked source of plastic leakage
Nature CommunicationsPlastic pollution is a global environmental threat with potentially irreversible impacts on aquatic life, ecosystems, and human health. This study is a comprehensive assessment of the global apparel industry’s contribution to plastic pollution.
Anna Kounina +8 more
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