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Jaroslav Pokorný, Lucie Zárybnická, Radek ?evcík and Lubo? Podolka
Plastics represent an integral part of our everyday lives, with various functions from packaging materials to insulation layers in our buildings. Pure expanded polystyrene (EPS) is a good example of a fully recyclable material. However, once polluted wit...
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Mike Louw, Sally Farrah, Max Maxwell and Sam Tomkins
For this special issue, sustainability and safety are discussed through the tropes of both material and work process substitution. As an architecture and industrial design team, we examine the potential of William McDonough?s and Michael Braungart?s ?cra...
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Maria P. C. Volpi, Jean C. G. Silva, Andreas Hornung and Miloud Ouadi
This scientific paper provides an overview of the current state of pyrolysis in Europe, with a focus on mapping the key research areas and technologies employed. This research relied on search equations that centered on the utilization of biomass and pla...
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Xiaowei Liu, Wenliang Wei, Guocheng Liu, Bo Zhu, Jie Cui and Tao Yin
Plastic film mulching, widely used in agriculture, leads to microplastic (MP) pollution in soils. While biodegradable polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT) films may offer a solution, their impacts on subsurface soils and microorganisms remain unclea...
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Maciej Liro, Anna Zielonka, Hanna Hajdukiewicz, Pawel Mikus, Wojciech Haska, Mateusz Kieniewicz, Elzbieta Gorczyca and Kazimierz Krzemien
Macroplastic pollution in mountain rivers can threaten water resources, biodiversity, and the recreational values provided by them. The first step towards evaluating and then mitigating these risks is the systematic collection of reliable and spatially u...
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Juan Carlos Quiroz-Flores, Brenda Abásolo-Núñez, Daniella Suárez-Miñano and S. Nallusamy
This research article focuses on the ergonomic design of the workstations for the plastics industry plant to reduce the postural load that improves the workers? productivity and the operators? absenteeism due to musculoskeletal disorders. This article de...
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Cleovan Barbosa Pinto, Daiane das Graças do Carmo, Juliana Lopes dos Santos, Marcelo Coutinho Picanço Filho, Juliana Magalhães Soares, Renato Almeida Sarmento, Eraldo Lima, Leandro Bacci and Marcelo Coutinho Picanço
Maize (Zea mays) is the most consumed food in the world. The leafhopper, Dalbulus maidis, (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) is one of the most important maize pests, and due to its direct and indirect damage, it can cause losses of up to 100%. Sampling plans are...
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Zhongyu Chen, Weidong Zhao, Zhanyang Chen, Guoqing Feng, Huilong Ren and Hongbin Gui
To address global challenges, research on the safety of polar navigation is indispensable. However, most of studies focus on traditional surface vessels, with few research studies on submarine. The dynamic response of submarine during surface navigation ...
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Reyana Islam and Yoshiki Nishi
Increasing plastic fragments (PFs) in the environment have attracted considerable social and academic attention. Several methods have been proposed to mitigate plastic pollution, such as filtration and degradation. This study focuses on the removal of pl...
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Dario De Fazio, Luca Boccarusso, Antonio Formisano, Antonio Viscusi and Massimo Durante
Fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP) materials are attracting growing interest because of their high specific mechanical properties. These characteristics, in addition to a high level of tailorability and design of freedom, make them attractive for marine, aer...
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