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Sustainability, 2023 Excessive production, consumption, and indiscriminate disposal of plastic waste contribute to plastic pollution, which has a negative impact on the environment and human health.
Ka Ker Coco Chin, J. Mahanta, T. Nath
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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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Macro and microplastic pollution in Romania: addressing knowledge gaps and potential solutions under the circular economy framework [PDF]
PeerJBackground This review reveals the role of linear economy prevalence and mismanagement practices in plastic pollution of aquatic and terrestrial environments and related knowledge gaps in Romania while outlining downstream and upstream solutions to ...
Florin-Constantin Mihai +2 more
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INCREASED PLASTIC WASTE POLLUTION OF FRESHWATER RESOURCES – DO WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE LEGAL FRAMEWORK TO ADDRESS IT? [PDF]
Challenges of the Knowledge Society, 2021 It is widely known and demonstrated that plastic waste pollution is a significant factor contributing to the deterioration of the worldwide freshwater resources.
Stelian-Mihai MIC, Cristiana MIC-SOARE
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 The Single-Use Plastics Directive (EU) 72/2019/904 is the main legislation governing plastic pollution, inclusive of marine plastic pollution in the European Union (EU).
María Del Camino Troya +2 more
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South African Journal of Science, 2021 The increasing global concern surrounding plastic marine pollution has placed a spotlight on the key items identified as major contributors. The subsequent public outcry has forced key value-chain actors – such as brand owners, retailers and ...
Takunda Y. Chitaka
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Plastic Pollution and the Challenge of Bioplastics
Journal of Applied Biotechnology & Bioengineering, 2017 n ...
Mohammed Sabbah, Raffaele Porta
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Sustainability, 2021 Plastic pollution is ubiquitous in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Plastic waste exposed to the environment creates problems and is of significant concern for all life forms.
Rakesh Kumar +11 more
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Journal of Maritime & Transportation Science, 2016 The environmental impact of shipping on marine environment includes discharge of garbage. Plastic litter is of particular concern due to abundance, resistance to degradation and detrimental effect on marine biota. According to recently published studies, a further research is required to assess human health risk.
Toni Bielić, Jelena Čulin
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Motivating actions to mitigate plastic pollution [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2019 Designing effective policy interventions to motivate mitigation actions requires more realistic assumptions about human decision-making based on empirical evidence from the behavioural sciences. We therefore need to consider behavioural rather than only economic costs and benefits in policy intervention designs.
Jia, Lili +2 more
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