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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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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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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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Opportunities for chemical recycling to benefit from waste policy changes in the United Kingdom
Resources, Conservation & Recycling: X, 2019 Increased awareness in the United Kingdom around the issues of dealing with plastic waste, particularly non-recyclable plastics, has created political pressure to find new ways to manage this waste stream. As a result, the UK government recently convened
Candace Partridge, Francesca Medda
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, 2021 Plastic pollution is an urgent global problem that threatens the entire ecosystem, causing climate change and many other consequences that humans have to bear. Therefore, citizens need to uphold their sense of responsibility, consciously change living habits, say no to single-use plastic products.
Phạm Hà Trang +2 more
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Current Biology, 2015 SummaryPlastic waste accumulates in the oceans and eventually breaks down to small particles known as microplastics. These can be taken up by hundreds of different species, but research is only beginning to explore their effects on organisms and their fate in the food web. Michael Gross reports.
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Science, 2017 With more than 8 million tons of plastic entering the ocean each year, humanity must urgently rethink the way we make and use plastics, so that they do not become waste in the first place.
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Studi Pengaruh Limbah Plastik Sebagai Subtitusi Agregat Halus Terhadap Kuat Tekan Mortar
Rekayasa Sipil, 2021 This century waste has become a serious problem faced by every country in the world, the increasing need for plastic contributes to the high level of plastic waste. Facing the problem, the utilization of plastic waste for construction needs is considered
Masdiana +5 more
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Analysis of the waste selective collection at drop-off systems: Case study including the income level and the seasonal variation [PDF]
, 2017 There are several factors which have an influence in the selective collection of the municipal waste. To define a selective collection system, the waste generation pattern should be firstly determined and these factors should be analyzed in depth.
Carlos Alberola, María del Mar +3 more
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