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Back to plastic pollution in COVID times [PDF]
Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2020 In this article, we show that the chaos and urgency induced by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to massive fossil fuel-derived plastic production, largely ignoring recent environmental policies. Solutions for a sustainable and circular economy require radical innovations, consumer education and most importantly political ...
Gorrasi Giuliana +2 more
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(Micro)Plastics Are Toxic Pollutants
Toxics, 2023 Plastics, including microplastics, have generally been regarded as harmful to organisms because of their physical characteristics. There has recently been a call to understand and regard them as persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic. This review elaborates on the reasons that microplastics in particular should be considered as “toxic pollutants”. This
Judith S. Weis, Juan José Alava
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‘Plastic Pollution’ and Plastics as Pollution in Mumbai, India [PDF]
Ethnos, 2020 In the last decade, plastic pollution has emerged as a major global issue in public discourse. Nonetheless, there is little consensus on which aspects of plastics constitute the problem.
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Indicators for plastic pollution
, 2023 Negotiations have started for an international treaty to solve the global problem of plastic pollution. This agreement and other actions need reliable measurements. It was the objective of this project to analyze and recommend indicators for plastic pollution, which are relevant, easy to measure and comprehensive.
Vorkamp, Katrin +5 more
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A Review of the Production, Recycling and Management of Marine Plastic Pollution
Journal 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
Case 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
Cambridge 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
Frontiers 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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Chinese 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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Social Sciences, 2022 International policy discussions on plastic pollution are entering a new phase, with more than 100 governments calling for the launch of negotiations for a new global plastics agreement in 2022.
Diana Barrowclough +1 more
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