Waste detection in Pomerania: non-profit project for detecting waste in environment [PDF]
Waste Management, Volume 138, 1 February 2022, Pages 274-284, 2021 Waste pollution is one of the most significant environmental issues in the modern world. The importance of recycling is well known, either for economic or ecological reasons, and the industry demands high efficiency. Our team conducted comprehensive research on Artificial Intelligence usage in waste detection and classification to fight the world's ...
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The Solution to Plastic Pollution: A Dissection of the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act [PDF]
, 2021 Ever since the development of plastic in the 1900s, it has become one of the most commonly used materials in the world. Its flexibility and durability allow it to be used in a wide variety of materials from clothing to packaging to toothbrushes. However,
Snyder, Nadine M.
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Plastic pollution in the ocean [PDF]
, 2020 Plastic pollution in the ocean was first reported by scientists in the 1970s, yet in recent years it has drawn tremendous attention from the media, the public, and an increasing number of scientists spanning diverse fields, including polymer science ...
A. Hamid, Hazren +10 more
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Modelling size distributions of marine plastics under the influence of continuous cascading fragmentation [PDF]
, 2020 Field studies have shown that plastic fragments make up the majority of plastic pollution in the oceans in terms of abundance. How quickly environmental plastics fragment is not well understood, however. Here, we study this fragmentation process by considering a model which captures continuous fragmentation of particles over time in a cascading fashion.
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Biodegradation of Plastics Induced by Marine Organisms: Future Perspectives for Bioremediation Approaches [PDF]
, 2023 Plastic pollution is a distinctive element of the globalized world. In fact, since the 1970s the expansion and use of plastics, particularly in the consumer and commercial sectors, has given this material a permanent place in our lives.
Cocca M. +5 more
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Review: Plastic Soup: An Atlas of Ocean Pollution [PDF]
, 2020 Book review for Plastic Soup: An Atlas of Ocean ...
Laberge, Yves
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Troubled waters - Where is the bridge? Confronting marine plastic pollution from international watercourses [PDF]
, 2018 Source at https://doi.org/10.1111/reel.12257.A considerable volume of marine plastic pollution derives from watercourses, and many of the world's largest and most heavily polluted watercourses are international. In spite of the clear factual link between
Finska, Linda, Howden, Julie Gjørtz
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A plastics hierarchy of fates: sustainable choices for a circular future [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Plastics are ubiquitous in modern society, but the linear model of produce, use, and dispose results in massive amounts of resource consumption and pollution. Landfill and incineration of plastic waste is endemic, with no consensus on a clear path towards a more sustainable model.
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The impact of BBC Blue Planet II on awareness of and attitude to plastic pollution [PDF]
, 2022 This research study addresses the issue of environmental pollution caused by plastic waste, which has had extensive negative impact on the ecological systems and human life worldwide.
Mirzakhani, Zahra
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Large-scale Detection of Marine Debris in Coastal Areas with Sentinel-2 [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Detecting and quantifying marine pollution and macro-plastics is an increasingly pressing ecological issue that directly impacts ecology and human health. Efforts to quantify marine pollution are often conducted with sparse and expensive beach surveys, which are difficult to conduct on a large scale.
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