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Strategies in Small Businesses to Combat Plastic Overproduction
Modern production processes have been increasingly responsible for plastic overproduction for various reasons, not limited to containers and...
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Toxic Contamination Caused by Plastic Waste in Countries of the Global South
The transfer of plastic waste from developed to develo** countries poses a significant environmental problem due to the difficulty in handling the...
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Measuring the performance and maturity of the plastic recycling value chain system: implications and prospects
The sustainability of plastic materials and products requires the continuous improvement of the circular pathways for the material. A key strategy in...
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Recent global insight into mitigation of plastic pollutants, sustainable biodegradable alternatives, and recycling strategies
Plastics are organic polymers mainly derived from petrochemicals which can be flexibly molded into different shapes. Due to the many benefits of...
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Pyrolysis, Microwave, Chemical and Biodegradation Methodology in Recycling of Plastic Waste: a Circular Economy Concept
Plastics established as an inevitable material in this modern era due to its easy production, processing, cheaper cost and easy use. High demand for...
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Essential oil and fenchone extracted from Tetradenia riparia (Hochstetter.) Codd (Lamiaceae) induce oxidative stress in Culex quinquefasciatus larvae (Diptera: Culicidae) without causing lethal effects on non-target animals
We investigated the larvicidal activity of the essential oil (EO) from Tetradenia riparia and its majority compound fenchone for controlling Culex...
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Microplastics in environment: global concern, challenges, and controlling measures
Plastic pollution in various forms has emerged as the most severe environmental threat. Small plastic chunks, such as microplastics and nanoplastics...
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A Hypothesis of a Lean Warehouse Design for an Italian Textile and Apparel Company
Currently, companies experience a very competitive scenario: innovations, changes in consumer behaviour, competitiveness and dynamic markets put...
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Biodegradable microplastics interaction with pollutants and their potential toxicity for aquatic biota: a review
The global plastic production has steadily increased from 1.7 million tons in 1950 to over 400 million tons in 2022, with about 60% of plastic...
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The Afterlife of Waste: Sustainable Fashion Businesses & Solutions
In the last two decades, the rise of fast fashion has made it feasible for consumers to purchase all types of clothing and accessories at reduced...
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Comparative assessment on the probable mechanisms underlying the hepatorenal toxicity of commercial imidacloprid and hexaflumuron formulations in rats
Pesticides are viewed as a major wellspring of ecological contamination and causing serious risky consequences for people and animals. Imidacloprid...
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Raman spectroscopy for microplastic detection in water sources: a systematic review
The increasing demand and use of plastics in our daily lives have caused an increase in microplastics (MPs) concentration in water bodies. Increasing...
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COVID-19 Biomedical Waste Disposal Management Challenges, Solutions and Prospects During and Post COVID-19 Pandemic
Covid-19 biomedical waste poses a massive challenge for hospital and government systems. The significant increase in SARS-CoV-2-infected patients...
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Policy Implementation on Waste Management and Achievement of Related SDGs
The sustainable development goals SDGs are focus lens for society and policy makers to engage with in order to make global performance more...
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Policy Implementation on Waste Management and Achievement of Related SDGs
The sustainable development goals SDGs are focus lens for society and policy makers to engage with in order to make global performance more...
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Solid Waste Management During and After the COVID-19 Outbreak: Possibilities, Difficulties and Approaches
Solid waste management (SWM) is a municipality function in develo** and emerging economies. Sustainable development can be achieved by efficiently...
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Approach to Reduce Agricultural Waste via Sustainable Agricultural Practices
The growing global concern over environmental degradation and resource depletion has prompted the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices as a...
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Waste Minimization at Source
Waste minimization is an approach to waste management that emphasizes the reduction of waste quantity and the toxicity of hazardous waste produced....
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Multivariate characterization of biochemical and physiological attributes of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) genotypes exposed to nickel stress: implications for phytoremediation
Nickel (Ni) is an essential element for plants; however, excessive uptake of Ni causes phytotoxicity in plants. The phytotoxic effects of Ni on the...
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Remediation of Water Pollution by Plastics
The global production of plastic has raised to 330 billion tons per year, which is a huge concern in terms of environmental crisis and health issues....