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Katie Conlon
This study uses a qualitative approach to address limitations and blockages to current plastics reduction via semi-structured interviews with zero waste business practitioners in India. Although they are nascent, India is home to a budding zero waste com...
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Ali Hachem, Giuliano Vox and Fabiana Convertino
Agricultural activities have been positively affected by the use of plastic products, but this has resulted in the production of plastic waste and led to an increase in environmental pollution. To continue benefiting from the use of plastics but addressi...
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Owen Tamin, Ervin Gubin Moung, Jamal Ahmad Dargham, Farashazillah Yahya, Ali Farzamnia, Florence Sia, Nur Faraha Mohd Naim and Lorita Angeline
Plastic waste is a growing environmental concern that poses a significant threat to onshore ecosystems, human health, and wildlife. The accumulation of plastic waste in oceans has reached a staggering estimate of over eight million tons annually, leading...
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Mithila Farjana, Abu Bakar Fahad, Syed Eftasum Alam and Md. Motaharul Islam
IoT-based smart e-waste management is an emerging field that combines technology and environmental sustainability. E-waste is a growing problem worldwide, as discarded electronics can have negative impacts on the environment and public health. In this pa...
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Giovanni Gadaleta, Sabino De Gisi, Francesco Todaro and Michele Notarnicola
To address the problem of fossil-based pollution, bio-plastics have risen in use in a wide range of applications. The current waste management system still has some weakness for bio-plastics waste (BPW) treatment, and quantitative data is lacking. This s...
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Abir Mahmud, Mustafa Md Wasif, Hridoy Roy, Fareen Mehnaz, Tasnim Ahmed, Md. Nahid Pervez, Vincenzo Naddeo and Md. Shahinoor Islam
Microplastics? dangers and the absence of effective regulation technologies have risen to prominence as a worldwide issue in recent years. South Asian countries, such as Bangladesh, are among the most threatened nations to face the drastic consequence of...
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Isaac Akinwumi, Oluwatomisin Soladoye, Victor Ajayi and Promise Epelle
Plastic waste (PW) constitutes a nuisance to our environment despite several efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle it. This study experimentally explores the possibility of storing plastic waste within a cement-stabilised soil that can be used as a road p...
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Justice Kofi Debrah, Diogo Guedes Vidal and Maria Alzira Pimenta Dinis
Addressing the plastic problem requires rigorous attention and practical education for sustainability. Due to the common effective waste management practices in some parts of the world, the plastics? menace is generally well recognized and controlled wor...
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José C. Ferreira, Renato Monteiro, Lia Vasconcelos, Cláudio M. Duarte, Filipa Ferreira and Euclides Santos
Marine litter has been considered one of the most serious global challenges, requiring urgent action by governmental bodies, especially in African Small Island Developing States (SIDS), where resources and research are limited. In addition to this, waste...
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Walter Leal Filho, Julian Hunt and Marina Kovaleva
This Communication reports on the increases in the sizes of garbage patches, and their environmental implications, outlining the dimensions of what is a growing problem connected with the ?plastisphere?. The paper presents some data on the distribution o...
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