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Feasibility of gasifying mixed plastic waste for hydrogen production and carbon capture and storage
Waste plastic gasification for hydrogen production combined with carbon capture and storage is one technology option to address the plastic waste...
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Sustainable assessment of plastic and mixed waste disposal problem during COVID-19 pandemic: an integrated multi-criteria decision-making approach
This article focuses on India’s inorganic solid waste disposal problem, with a particular emphasis on plastic and mixed waste. It aims to identify...
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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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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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Plastic Waste: Solution for Paving Sustainable Roads
Nowadays every recent advancement or technology comes with the title of ecofriendly, sustainable, green approach, environment benign. Plastic, some...
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Various Processes to Convert Plastic Waste into Building Materials
The disposal of waste plastic seriously threatens the ecosystem, which contributes to pollution and global warming. Global plastic utilization is...
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Plastic Waste and Criminality
Unscrupulous entrepreneurs and criminal actors eagerly exploit business opportunities and changes in the legal landscape. This is certainly the case...
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Separation of virgin plastic polymers and post-consumer mixed plastic waste by sinking-flotation technique
The main objective of this research is to separate virgin polymers (PA, PC, PP, HDPE; PS, and ABS) and post-consumer plastic waste from municipal...
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Converting Plastic Waste into Building Materials: Poly Bricks
Plastic is a material that cannot biodegrade and is hazardous for the environment since it takes thousands of years to break down. Plastic remains...
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A two-stage strategy for upcycling chlorine-contaminated plastic waste
Chemical upcycling of polyolefin plastic waste to lubricant, wax and fuel-range hydrocarbons over metal-based catalysts is a crucial technological...
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The Human Rights Impacts of Plastic Waste Exports
Throughout their life cycle, plastics pose significant threats to human rights, the environment, and the climate. Although the plastic crisis is...
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Advances and Current Approach to Recycled Plastic Waste
The exponential surge of plastic waste, derived from pre- and post-consumer realms, has been well-recognized as a global threat. Current global...
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Global and National Instruments to Stop the Export and Dum** of Plastic Wastes
Since its inception in 1989, the Basel Convention, the only global treaty on waste and waste trade, failed to control exports of plastic wastes. This...
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Upcycling of Plastic Waste
The usage of plastic has increased exponentially over the past few years. This has led to an accumulation of plastic wastes in landfills and...
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Major Six-Year Trends in Global Plastic Waste Trade
This chapter presents the major six-year trends (2017 through 2022) in the international trade of plastic waste including the periods before and...
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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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Recycling potential of medical plastic waste
Medical plastic waste threatens the environment and human health if not properly handled and disposed of. This study used field visits,...
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Eco-smart plastic waste to energy solutions for Indian railways: current scenario, challenges and future footprints
Indian Railways (IR) is the third largest in the world and an economic transportation mode in India. A recent report by the Central Pollution Control...
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Plastonomics: Impact of Plastic on Ecosystem and the World Economy
The worldwide annual consumption of plastic stands at an approximate of 450 million metric tons, which is almost 57 kg per person. Out of this yearly...
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Plastic Waste Management for Zero Waste to Landfills: Potential, Challenges, and Opportunities
Linear economy reliance on plastic goods and materials produced by plastic industries translates into plastic pollution of all environmental...