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Degradation of Plastic Waste in the Marine Environment
Annual global plastic production reached 360 million tonnes in 2018, with only 20% of the plastic waste being recycled. It has been predicted that...
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Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds from Products and Materials in Indoor Environments
Building products, furnishings and other indoor materials often emit volatile and semivolatile organic compounds (VOCs and SVOCs). With respect to a...
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Impacts of Plasticizers on Riverine Ecological Integrity in Context to Sustainability Challenges
Rapid urbanization and industrialization have introduced a variety of organic pollutants in the environmental matrices. Some of these chemicals are...
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Regulations to Minimize the Entry of Plastic Waste Into the Oceans
Unsustainable consumption and disposal of plastics is posing threats to ecosystem functioning which ultimately endangers biodiversity and threatens...
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Investigation of microplastics and microplastic communities in selected river and lake basin soils of Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala, India
Riparian areas are highly dynamic bio-geophysical settings with a surge of waste deposition predominantly including land-based plastic discards....
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Chemical upcycling of plastics as a solution to the plastic trash problem for an ideal, circular polymer economy and energy recovery
The fact that the majority of the presently utilized plastics are not 100% recyclable has engendered acute environmental issues, induced significant...
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Development and characterization of sustainable agglomerated composites formulated from castor polyurethane resin and reinforced with rice husk
AbstractThe current accelerated development of industrial and agricultural production has intermittently generated a large amount of waste. One of...
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Biotechnological methods to remove microplastics: a review
Microplastics pollution is major threat to ecosystems and is impacting abiotic and biotic components. Microplastics are diverse and highly complex...
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Management of ground tire rubber waste by incorporation into polyurethane-based composite foams
Rapid economic growth implicated the develo** multiple industry sectors, including the automotive branch, increasing waste generation since...
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Mitigation of the Micro- and Nanoplastic Using Phycoremediation Technology
Asia is the largest global plastic consumer, with about 35% of the world’s plastic consumption. Considering that Malaysia is a part of Asia, it is...
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Modeling of malachite green adsorption onto novel polyurethane/SrFe12O19/clinoptilolite nanocomposite using response surface methodology and biogeography-based optimization-assisted multilayer neural network
This research studied the modeling of malachite green (MG) adsorption onto novel polyurethane/SrFe 12 O 19 /clinoptilolite (PU/SrM/CLP) nanocomposite...
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Incidence and identification of microfibers in ocean waters in Admiralty Bay, Antarctica
Antarctic pristine environment is threatened by the presence of microplastics that occur in a variety of shapes and sizes, from fibers to irregular...
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Bio-Based Porous Materials for Remediation of Pollutants
Globalization and industrialization have increased environmental pollution in soil, air, and water, which has posed a threat globally in recent...
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Developments in advanced oxidation processes for removal of microplastics from aqueous matrices
Continuous incorporation of microplastics (MPs) and their fragmented residues into the ecosystem has sparked significant scientific apprehensions...
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From Land to Sea: Model for the Documentation of Land-Sourced Plastic Litter
The model “From Land to Sea – Model for the documentation of land-sourced plastic litter” was developed on behalf of BKV GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany....
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Human Exposure to Dietary Microplastics and Health Risk: A Comprehensive Review
The ubiquity of microplastics (MPs) in natural surroundings leads to inevitable human exposure. MPs are reported to be present in daily food...
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Biodegradable Plastics: End of Life Scenarios
When it comes to bioplastics, it is important to differentiate between the biopolymer in its form as a macromolecule and the resulting bioplastic...
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Immobilization of Cells of Hydrocarbon-oxidizing Bacteria for Petroleum Bioremediation Using New Materials
While liquid biopreparations for water and soil bioremediation are convenient and economically attractive, microbial survival under standard...
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Abundance, distribution, and characteristics of microplastics in coastal surface waters of the Colombian Caribbean and Pacific
Microplastic pollution has become a global concern due to its distribution, high abundance, and negative impacts on aquatic ecosystems. These...
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Improving environmental protection of waterborne polyurethane coating by adding TiO2/polyaniline/HNT/CNT nanocomposite
Nanostructures of titanium dioxide, polyaniline, halloysite, and carbon nanotubes have an excellent effect to improve environmental protection and...
