Does Policy on Plastic Waste Support Higher Waste Management Hierarchy Options?
Recycling, 2022 There is an urgent and growing need to further advance the plastic waste management system globally and in South Africa, due to the increasing impact of plastic waste.
Kunle Ibukun Olatayo +2 more
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A game-theoretic approach to set prices concerning a product manufactured from plastic waste [PDF]
تصمیم گیری و تحقیق در عملیات, 2023 Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to consider products such as disposable tableware produced from plastic waste. In this setting, plastic waste is collected, recycled, and reused.
Hamed Jafari
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A Perspective on Four Emerging Threats to Sustainability and Sustainable Development
Earth, 2022 Plastics are a precious, versatile set of materials. The accumulation of plastic waste threatens the environment. Recycling plastic waste can produce many new products.
Kimendren Gounden +2 more
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Potential application of LDPE plastic waste into tiles [PDF]
, 2020 Plastic has interesting characteristics which makes it the most used material in the world. However, plastic is known to be a non-biodegradable material which unable to naturally decompost in soil and thus contribute to environmental issue.
Abdul Rahman, Mohd Fahrni +5 more
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Micro- and nanoplastic pollution of freshwater and wastewater treatment systems [PDF]
, 2017 Plastic waste is a widespread and persistent global challenge with negative impacts on the environment, economy, human health and aesthetics. Plastic pollution has been a focus of environmental research over the past few decades, particularly in relation
Blair, Reina +3 more
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Factors Related to Plastic Waste Management in the Community around Thachin Basin, Thailand: A Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis [PDF]
Journal of Environmental Health and Sustainable Development, 2023 Introduction: Solid waste is a global problem, especially plastic waste, which can spread and pollute various elements of the environment such as soil, river, forests, etc.
Kunthida Kingsawad +3 more
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Analysis of products from the pyrolysis of plastics recovered from the commercial scale recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment [PDF]
, 2007 Three plastic fractions from a commercial waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) processing plant were collected and investigated for the possibility of recycling them by batch pyrolysis. The first plastic was from equipment containing cathode
Hall, W.J., Williams, P.T.
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Exploring the Plastic Collection and Recycling Trends in Sri Lanka
Recycling, 2023 This study examined plastic waste management in Sri Lanka, concentrating on the contributing factors to plastic waste generation and collection. Data were gathered through a questionnaire survey from registered plastic recycling and management centres ...
Rohantha Rukshan Jayasinghe +6 more
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The physical oceanography of the transport of floating marine debris [PDF]
, 2020 Marine plastic debris floating on the ocean surface is a major environmental problem. However, its distribution in the ocean is poorly mapped, and most of the plastic waste estimated to have entered the ocean from land is unaccounted for.
Aliani, Stefano +39 more
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, 2022 The perennial presence of plastic waste in the Indus River and its tributaries is a recent addition to the already extensive list of threats to water quality, ecological health, and environmental sustainability in Pakistan. While there is some information available, although insufficient, both on surface water resources as well as on solid waste ...
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