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Plastic Waste: Challenges and Opportunities to Mitigate Pollution and Effective Management
International Journal of Environmental Research, 2023 A comprehensive analysis of global plastic waste generation and its effect on land and marine environment is conducted. Plastic waste management technologies for both land and marine environment are reviewed thoroughly.
M. Kibria +4 more
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Predicted growth in plastic waste exceeds efforts to mitigate plastic pollution
Science, 2020 A mess of plastic It is not clear what strategies will be most effective in mitigating harm from the global problem of plastic pollution. Borrelle et al. and Lau et al. discuss possible solutions and their impacts.
S. Borrelle +19 more
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International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology, 2023 This study focuses on the management of plastic waste from households in Faranah. The objective is to establish an inventory of the management of plastic waste by households to allow stakeholders to have a synoptic picture of the situation in order to ...
Mata Mamoudou KALLE +4 more
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Ecologically Unequal Exchange of Plastic Waste?
Journal of World-Systems Research, 2021 Plastic production has been increasing since mass production of plastics started in the 1950s. As plastic production has continued to rise, so has plastic waste. Meanwhile, international trade in plastic waste has increased as well.
Yikang Bai, Jennifer Givens
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Plastic waste release caused by COVID-19 and its fate in the global ocean
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021 Significance Plastic waste causes harm to marine life and has become a major global environmental concern. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increased demand for single-use plastic, intensifying pressure on this already out-of-control problem ...
Yiming Peng +3 more
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Frontiers in Sustainability, 2023 The Basel Plastic Waste Amendments reflect growing global concern about the illegal plastic waste trade as waste colonialism. Comprehensive analyses of plastic waste material sources, pathways, and fates are needed for effective plastic waste trade ...
Trisia Farrelly, Takunda Yeukai Chitaka
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Plastic Waste Generation and Management in Thoi Lai District, Can Tho City, Vietnam
Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2022 The objective of this study was to assess the current situation of generation and management of plastic waste in Thoi Lai district, Can Tho city, Vietnam through collecting domestic solid waste samples from 30 households and interviewing 150 households ...
Tran Thi Kim Hong +2 more
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Utilization of Plastic Waste Polyethylene (PET) for reinforced subgrade [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 Plastic waste is a serious problem for the survival of all creatures on Earth. Recycling is one solution to reduce the negative impact of environmental pollution caused by plastic waste.
Meidudga Roberth Evander +3 more
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Recycling and Reutilizing Polymer Waste via Electrospun Micro/Nanofibers: A Review
Nanomaterials, 2022 The accumulation of plastic waste resulting from the increasing demand for non-degradable plastics has led to a global environmental crisis. The severe environmental and economic drawbacks of inefficient, expensive, and impractical traditional waste ...
Xiuhong Li +7 more
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Plastic waste management for sustainable environment: techniques and approaches
Waste Disposal & Sustainable Energy, 2023 Excessive exploitation, negligence, non-degradable nature, and physical and chemical properties of plastic waste have resulted in a massive pollution load into the environment.
P. Pandey +3 more
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