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Achieving sustainable production and consumption of virgin plastic polymers
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) recently adopted a resolution with a mandate to negotiate a new international legally binding instrument (a treaty) on plastic pollution.
Tim Grabiel +3 more
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Detection of marine floating plastic using Sentinel-2 imagery and machine learning models [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 The increasing level of marine plastic pollution poses severe threats to the marine ecosystem and biodiversity. The present study attempted to explore the full functionality of open Sentinel satellite data and ML models for detecting and classifying floating plastic debris in Mytilene (Greece), Limassol (Cyprus), Calabria (Italy), and Beirut (Lebanon).
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Sustainability assessment of a single-use plastics ban [PDF]
, 2020 Governments around the world are introducing single-use plastics bans to alleviate plastic marine pollution. This paper investigates whether banning single-use plastic items is an appropriate strategy to protect the environment.
Barlow, CY, Finkbeiner, M, Herberz, T
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Plastic pollution of four understudied marine ecosystems: a review of mangroves, seagrass meadows, the Arctic Ocean and the deep seafloor [PDF]
, 2022 Plastic pollution is now a worldwide phenomenon affecting all marine ecosystems, but some ecosystems and regions remain understudied. Here, we review the presence and impacts of macroplastics and microplastics for four such ecosystems: mangroves ...
Bergmann, Melanie +1 more
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Hybrid Framework Materials: Next‐Generation Engineering Materials
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Hybrid organic–inorganic materials merge the unique properties of organic and inorganic compounds, enabling applications in optoelectronics, gas storage, and catalysis. This review explores metal‐organic frameworks, hybrid organic–inorganic perovskites, and the emerging field of hybrid glasses, emphasizing their structures, functionalities, and ...
Jay McCarron +2 more
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Environmental Impacts of Personal Protective Clothing Used to Combat COVID-19 [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Personal protective clothing is critical to shield users from highly infectious diseases including COVID-19. Such clothing is predominantly single-use, made of plastic-based synthetic fibres such as polypropylene and polyester, low cost and able to provide protection against pathogens.
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Scientific Reports, 2022 The subtropical oceanic gyre in the North Pacific Ocean is currently covered with tens of thousands of tonnes of floating plastic debris, dispersed over millions of square kilometres.
L. Lebreton +5 more
semanticscholar +1 more source
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.The study investigates 3D‐printed polylactic acid (PLA) composites with biodegradable bamboo and jute powder fillers. Mechanical, thermal, structural properties, and rheological behavior are discussed to evaluate composite performance. Morphological characterization indicates uniform dispersion and adhesion of the fillers in the PLA matrix with the ...
Vimukthi Dananjaya +3 more
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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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Characterization of the effect of plastic gas pipes with the use of a Single Wire Proportional Chamber [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 Plastic gas pipes are widely used in experimental setups for gaseous detectors, due to their flexibility and easiness of use. This report describes the characterization studies realized on the use of plastic gas pipes, particularly in relation to the accumulation of impurities in gas systems that they may cause.
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