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Addressing Plastic Concern: Behavioral Insights into Recycled Plastic Products and Packaging in a Circular Economy
The excessive production and use of new plastic materials pose a critical environmental challenge, and reducing its consumption has emerged as a...
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Material flow analysis and statistical entropy evaluation of plastic packaging for express delivery in China
Encouraging the recycling of plastic packaging materials in express delivery is a necessary step toward environmentally friendly industrial...
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Edible packaging as sustainable alternative to synthetic plastic: a comprehensive review
The choice of an appropriate packaging materials enhances the shelf life and improves quality of food during transportation, storage, and...
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Achievements and policy trends of extended producer responsibility for plastic packaging waste in Europe
The vastly increasing generation of plastic packaging waste has outgrown the infrastructure capacity to manage this waste effectively, resulting in...
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Guidelines on the selection and inventory of social life cycle assessment indicators: a case study on flexible plastic packaging in the European circular economy
PurposeEmerging technologies are addressing current challenges to shift from a linear to a circular economy. However, the consideration of social...
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Energy generation from waste packaging plastic via thermo-catalytic pyrolysis using catalysts produced from spent aluminum hydroxide nanoparticles
Thermo-catalytic pyrolysis of waste packaging plastic was investigated in a semi batch reactor. Spent aluminum hydroxide nanoparticle derived from...
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Material flow analysis of a post-consumer plastic packaging recycling system in The Netherlands: a focus on beverage carton
Develo** material flow models of waste and recycling streams can be crucial to determining the inefficiencies of post-consumer plastic packaging...
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Electronic Plastic (E-plastic) and Their Biodegradation
Electronic waste (e-waste) has become a significant global concern due to the rapid growth of consumer electronics and technological advancements....
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Sustainable Food Packaging Solutions: Polysaccharide-Based Films and Coatings
In recent decades, it has become more crucial to package food products and prevent them from contamination and spoilage, especially understood during...
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Chemical Recycling of Plastic Waste: Comparative Evaluation of Environmental and Economic Performances of Gasification- and Incineration-based Treatment for Lightweight Packaging Waste
Chemical recycling (CR) – in enabling the use of plastic waste back as secondary carbon feedstock for production – could play a complementary role to...
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Determination of melamine contamination in milk with various packaging: a risk assessment study
Melamine is one type of monomer used as starting substance in manufacturing packaging lining in many countries worldwide. Environmental and food...
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Disposable Polymer Packaging: A Problem without a Solution?
AbstractThe growth in the production of synthetic polymers is accompanied by an increase in the amount of polymer waste, which adversely affects the...
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Towards a Low-Carbon Plastic Waste Recycling in Finland: Evaluating the Impacts of Improvement Measures on GHG Emissions
The use of plastics in products and packaging is growing. At the same time, the lifespan of packaging is short and consequently plastic waste volumes...
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Plastic Waste Trade Issues and Environmental Contamination in Romania
Romania is still a landfilled-based country and is exposed to illegal dum** and open burning practices of plastic items, particularly in rural...
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Active carbon-based waste packaging materials for uranium sorption from aqueous solution
Waste (packaging plastic and industrial water) accumulation is one of the great global challenges over the world. Combining waste recycling science...
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Product Ecodesign: An Application of Bio-Based Materials in the Personal Care Packaging Industry
The increasing amount of plastic materials produced and their persistence in the natural environment after the use stage makes them highly critical...
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Packaging waste trends in the age of sustainability: a case study of online shop** behaviour pre and post-COVID
In this study, a diverse group of individuals was engaged from various backgrounds through online surveys and personal interactions to examine the...
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Product Packaging by E-commerce Platforms: Impact of COVID-19 and Proposal for Circular Model to Reduce the Demand of Virgin Packaging
E-commerce packaging waste is a matter of concern, especially with the increasing popularity of online shop** due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This...
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The Darker Side of Dutch Colonialism: Exporting Plastic Waste Is Plastic Pollution Trafficking
In 2021, the European Union (EU) was the largest exporter of plastic waste in the world, followed by the United States and Japan. Within the EU, the...
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Coconut husk: A sustainable solution for eco-friendly packaging applications
This paper explores the use of coconut husk as an eco-friendly alternative for packaging. It details the composition, extraction, and processing...
