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Mitigating the Negative Effects of Plastic Pollution for Sustainable Economic Growth in Nigeria
2023
Benjamin Anabaraonye, Temidayo Olowoyeye, Charles C. Anukwonke
Bio-remediation
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Climate Change
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Economic growth
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Mitigation
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Nigeria
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Plastic pollution
Environment
Governance
Society
Technology
Formation, behavior, properties and impact of micro- and nanoplastics on agricultural soil ecosystems (A Review)
2023
Anton F. Astner, Alexis B. Gillmore, Yingxue Yu, Markus Flury, Jennifer M. DeBruyn, Sean M. Schaeffer, Douglas G. Hayes
Agricultural ecosystems
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Ecotoxicity
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Microplastics
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Nanoplastics
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Plastic pollution
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Plasticulture
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Polybutylene adipate terephthalate
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polyethylene
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Soil fauna
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Soil health
Environment
Knowledge, concerns and attitudes towards plastic pollution: An empirical study of public perceptions in Portugal
Isabel Miguel, Ana Santos, Cátia Venâncio, Miguel Oliveira
awareness
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behaviors
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Environmental knowledge
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Plastic pollution
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Portugal
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Public perceptions
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Recycling attitudes
Environment
Society
Rethinking plastic realities in Ghana: A call for a well-being approach to understanding human-plastics entanglements for more equitable plastics governance
Ivy Serwaa Gyimah Akuoko, Jessica Vandenberg, Jill C. Falman, Karin Otsuka, Gabriel K. Lau , Marlena Skrobe, Suzy An, Elaine M. Faustman, Yoshitaka Ota
Ghana
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Marine debris
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Plastic pollution
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plastics
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Public health
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Waste governance
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Waste management
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Well-being
A recipe for plastic: Expert insights on plastic additives in the marine environment
2023
Thomas Maes, Fiona Preston-Whyte, Stephanie Lavelle, Alessio Gomiero, Andy M. Booth, Maria Jesus Belzunce-Segarra, Juan Bellas, Steven Brooks, Adil Bakir, Lisa I. Devriese, Christopher Kim Pham, Bavo De Witte
Chemical additives
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Ecotoxicity
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Global Plastic Treaty
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monitoring
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Pathways
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Plastic pollution
Environment
Governance
Marine litter and social inequities entangle Ecuadorian mangrove communities: Perceptions of plastic pollution and well-being concerns in Puerto Hondo and Isla Santay, Ecuador
2023
Karly McMullen, Ana Tirapé, Paola Calle, Jessica Vandenberg, Omar Alvarado-Cadena, Yoshitaka Ota, Gustavo A. Domínguez, Juan José Alava
Ecuador
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Ecuadorian mangrove communities
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Marine litter
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Plastic pollution
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Puerto Hondo
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Santay Island
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Social inequities
Environment
Governance
Society
Microplastic pollution distribution: Differences between marine reserves and urbanised areas
2023
Marta Ribó, Sally J. Watson, Nina I. Novikova, Stacy Deppeler, Sarah Seabrook, Rachel Hale, Lorna J. Strachan
Coral reefs
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Marine Protected Areas
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Microplastics
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New Zealand
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Plastic pollution
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Pollution hotspots
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Sinks
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Traps
Environment
Do coral reefs act as sinks for microplastics?
2023
Marcelo O. Soares, Lucia Rizzo, Antonio Rodrigues Ximenes Neto, Yasmin Barros, José Eduardo Martinelli Filho, Tommaso Giarrizzo, Emanuelle F. Rabelo
Coral reefs
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ecosystems
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Microplastics
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Plastic pollution
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Pollution hotpots
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Sinks
Environment
Coastal and marine plastic pollution in Vietnam: Problems and the way out
2023
Bijeesh Kozhikkodan Veettil, Nguyen Thuy An Hua, Dong Doan Van, Ngo Xuan Quang
Beached debris
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Floating plastic litter
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Marine debris
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Plastic pollution
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Vietnam
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Vietnam coast
Environment
Formation, behavior, properties and impact of micro- and nanoplastics on agricultural soil ecosystems (A Review)
2023
Anton F. Astner, Alexis B. Gillmore, Yingxue Yu, Markus Flury, Jennifer M. DeBruyn, Sean M. Schaeffer, Douglas G. Hayes
Agricultural ecosystems
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Ecotoxicity to crops and soil fauna
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Microplastics
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Nanoplastics
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Plastic pollution
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Plasticulture
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Polybutylene adipate terephthalate
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polyethylene
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Soil health
Environment
Multiple species ingest microplastic but few reflect sediment and water pollution on sandy beaches: A baseline for biomonitoring
2023
Leonardo Lopes Costa, Ariane da Silva Oliveira, Igor David da Costa, Thayanne Nascimento Silva, Maria Eduarda Azevedo Sciammarella Sant'Anna, Bruna Tavares, Ilana Rosental Zalmon
Biota
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Brazil
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Coastal shore
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Management
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Marine animals
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Plastic pollution
Environment
Marine plastics on the beaches of Cuddalore coast, Southeast coast of India: A assessment of their abundance during Covid lockdown and post lockdown
2023
Gunasekaran Kannan, Prabhu Kolandhasamy, Suguna Anbukkarasu, Sivaraj Sigamani, Saravanakumar Ayyappan, Rajaram Rajendran
Anthropogenic activities
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Beach
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Cuddalore coast
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India
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Marine plastics
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Plastic pollution
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South east India
Environment
Experiment on use of eco-friendly Palmyra nursery bag for mangrove restoration in Palk Bay, India
2023
Akhil Thampi, Balaji Vedharajan, Sumantha Narayana, Murugesan Govindarajan, Rajendran Magalingam
India
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Mangrove restoration
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Palk Bay
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Palmyra bag
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Plastic bag
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Plastic pollution
Environment
Organic composts as A vehicle for the entry of microplastics into the environment: A comprehensive review
2023
Van-Re Le, Minh-Ky Nguyen, Hoang-Lam Nguyen, Chitsan Lin, Md. Refat Jahan Rakib, Van-Anh Thai, Van-Giang Le, Guilherme Malafaia, Abubakr M. Idris
Emerging contaminants
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Free radicals
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Mineralization
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Organic waste
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Plastic pollution
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Polymers
Environment
Quantitative assessment of microplastic contamination in muddy shores of Gulf of Khambhat, India
2023
Vasantkumar Rabari, Krupal Patel, Heris Patel, Ashish Patel, Snehal Bagtharia, Jigneshkumar Trivedi
Gujarat coastline
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Gulf of Khambhat
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India
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Microplastics
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Photodegradation
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Plastic pollution
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quantitative analysis
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Risk analysis
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Soil analysis
Environment
Micro- and mesoplastic pollution along the coast of Peru
2023
Gabriel Enrique De-la-Torre, Carlos Ivan Pizarro-Ortega, Diana Carolina Dioses-Salinas, Victor Vasques Ribeiro, Damarisch Fernanda Urizar Garfias Reyes, Mohamed Ben-Haddad, Md. Refat Jahan Rakib, Sina Dobaradaran
Mesoplastic
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microplastic
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Peru
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Peruvian coast
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Plastic debris
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Plastic pollution
Environment
Public attitudes toward the whole life cycle management of plastics: A text-mining study in China
2023
Ying Sun, Deyun Wang, Xiaoshui Li, Yiqing Chen, Haixiang Guo
China
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Graph theory
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Plastic pollution
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Policy
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Public attitude
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Sentiment analysis
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Social media
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Topic modeling
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Web crawler
Governance
Society
The Single-Use Plastic Pandemic in the COVID-19 Era
2023
Fatma Nur Eraslan, Mansoor Ahmad Bhat, Kadir Gedik, Eftade O. Gaga
gloves
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Medical waste
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pandemic
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Plastic pollution
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PPE
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Single-use plastics
Environment
Assessing human and physical drivers of macro-plastic debris spatially across Queensland, Australia
2023
Jordan Gacutan, Heidi Tait, Emma L. Johnston, Emma L. Johnston, Graeme F. Clark
Australia
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Citizen science
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Coastal management
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Debris management
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Environmental monitoring
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Marine debris
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Plastic pollution
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Queensland
Environment
Threshold migration conditions of (micro) plastics under the action of overland flow
2023
Naipeng Han, Qichao Zhao, Chenxi Wu
China
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Migration
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Plastic pollution
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plastics
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terrestrial environment
Environment
What potential does the EU Single-Use Plastics Directive have for reducing plastic pollution at coastlines and riversides? An evaluation based on citizen science data
2023
Tim Kiessling, Mandy Hinzmann, Linda Mederake, Sinja Dittmann, Dennis Brennecke, Marianne Böhm-Beck, Katrin, Martin Thiel Knickmeier
Citizen science
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EU Directive 2019/904
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EU legislation
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Europe
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Germany
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Plastic pollution
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Single-use plastics
Environment
Current trends of unsustainable plastic production and micro(nano)plastic pollution
2023
Tony R. Walker, Lexi Fequet
microplastic
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Nanoplastic
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Plastic pollution
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unsustainable
Environment
Nanoplastics are significantly different from microplastics in urban waters
2023
Zhijie Chen, Xingdong Shi, Jiaqi Zhang, Lan Wu, Wei Wei, Bing-Jie Ni
Characterization
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Eco-impacts
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Microplastics
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Nanoplastics
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Plastic pollution
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Urban water
Environment
Unfolding the science behind policy initiatives targeting plastic pollution
2023
Maria Bille Nielsen, Lauge Peter Westergaard Clausen, Richard Cronin,Steffen Foss Hansen, Nikoline Garner Oturai, Kristian Syberg
Impact Assessment
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Marine litter
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Microplastics
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Nanoplastics
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Plastic pollution
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Policy initiatives
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Single use plastic
Governance
Plastic microfibers as a risk factor for the health of aquatic organisms: A bibliometric and systematic review of plastic pandemic
2023
Gabriel Qualhato, Lucélia Gonçalves Vieira, Miguel Oliveira, Thiago Lopes Rocha
Biomarkers
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Ecotoxicity
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Emerging pollutants
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Micro fibers
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Nano fibers
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Plastic pollution
Environment
Leaving a plastic legacy: Current and future scenarios for mismanaged plastic waste in rivers
2023
Björn Nyberg, Peter T. Harris, Thomas Maes
Environmental mitigation
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Future scenarios
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Plastic pollution
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Rivers
Environment
A critical review on recent research progress on microplastic pollutants in drinking water
2023
K. Nirmala, Gayathri Rangasamy, M. Ramya, V. Uma Shankar, G. Rajesh
Bioaccumulation
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Drinking water
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Food chain
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Microplastics
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Plastic pollution
Environment
The actors of the Swiss plastic system: An analysis of beliefs and interests
2023
Laura Gatto, Dunia Brunner, Pirmin Bundi, Stéphane Nahrath
Advocacy
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Coalition framework
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Nascent subsystem
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Plastic pollution
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Public policy
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Switzerland
Governance
Plastic bans in India – Addressing the socio-economic and environmental complexities
2023
Emmy Noklebye, Hans Nicolai Adam, Avanti Roy-Basu, Girija K.Bharat, Eirik Hovland Steindal
Governance
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India
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Plastic pollution
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Plastic waste Management
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Single-use plastic products
Governance
Sustainable production of healthy, affordable food in the UK: The pros and cons of plasticulture
2022
Samuel J. Cusworth, William J. Davies, Martin R. McAinsh, Carly J. Stevens
Agriplastics
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Food
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Health Impact
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Plastic pollution
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Plasticulture
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United Kingdom
Environment
Current knowledge on the presence, biodegradation, and toxicity of discarded face masks in the environment
2023
Ana M.Oliveira, Ana L. Patrício Silva, Amadeu M.V.M. Soares, Damià Barceló, Armando C. Duarte, Teresa Rocha-Santos
Biodegradation
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COVID-19
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face masks
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Microplastics
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Plastic pollution
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Protective equipment
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Toxicity
Governance
Plastic pollution in marine and freshwater environments: abundance, sources, and mitigation
2022
Florin-Constantin Mihai, Sedat Gündoğdu, Farhan R. Khan, Arianna Olivelli, Laura A. Markley, Tim van Emmerik,
circular economy
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freshwater pollution
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marine pollution
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Microplastics
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Plastic pollution
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Waste management
Environment
Transforming the Global Plastics Economy: The Role of Economic Policies in the Global Governance of Plastic Pollution
2022
Diana Barrowclough and Carolyn Deere Birkbeck
circular economy
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development
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economic
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Environment
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financial
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Global Governance
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industrial
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plastic policies
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Plastic pollution
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trade
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trade policies
Governance
Emissions Inventories of Plastic Pollution: A Critical Foundation of an International Agreement to Inform Targets and Quantify Progress
2022
Xia Zhu and Chelsea Rochman
Climate Change
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Emission inventories
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Environmental pollution
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international agreement
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Plastic pollution
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plastics
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Redox reactions
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UNEA-5
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Wastes
Governance
Tides of Plastic: Using International Environmental Law to Reduce Marine Plastic Pollution
2022
McKayla McMahon
Australia
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Commitment and accountabillity
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Germany
|
international environmental law
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Philippines
|
Plastic pollution
Environment
The role of citizen science in addressing plastic pollution: Challenges and opportunities
2022
Sarah E. Nelms, Emily Easman, Nichola Anderson, Madeleine Berg, Sue Coates, Abigail Crosby, Sonja Eisfeld-Pierantonio, Lauran Eyles, Tony Flux, Emily Gilford, Claire Giner, Jasper Hamlet, Neil Hembrow, Jessica Hickie, Peter Hopkinson, Dan Jarvis, Jonathan Kearsley, Justine Millard, Fred Nunn, Emily Pollitt, Avril Sainsbury, Sue Sayer, Rory Sinclair, Amy Slack, Pat Smith, Rebecca Thomas, Jen Tyler, Richard Walker, Claire Wallerstein, Mark Ward, Brendan J. Godley
Beach cleans
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Citizen science
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Marine anthropogenic litter
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Participatory research
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Plastic pollution
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Policy
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Public engagement
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United Kingdom
Environment
Face masks related to COVID-19 in the beaches of the Moroccan Mediterranean: An emerging source of plastic pollution
2022
Bilal Mghili, Mohamed Analla, Mustapha Aksissou
COVID-19
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Mask
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Mediterranean
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Microplastics
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Morocco
|
Plastic pollution
Environment
Far from a distraction: Plastic pollution and the planetary emergency
2022
Jennifer L. Lavers, Alexander L. Bond, Charles Rolsky
Anthropocene
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Climate Change
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Cumulative impacts
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Greenhouse gasses
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Planetary boundary threat
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Plastic pollution
Governance
Human Behavior and Marine Plastic Pollution
2022
S. Nuojua, D. Cracknell, S. Pahl; Book Editor: Anthony L. Andrady
behavior
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behavior change interventions
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business and retail
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community
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Human dimension
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motivation
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Plastic pollution
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reduce plastic consumption
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risk perception
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schools and education
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social norms
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tourism and leisure
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waste
Governance
Plastic pollution in the surface water in Jakarta, Indonesia
2022
Mega Mutiara Sari, Pertiwi Andarani, Suprihanto Notodarmojo, Regil Kentaurus Harryes, Minh Ngoc Nguyen, Kuriko Yokota, Takanobu Inoue
Indonesia
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Jakarta
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Plastic litter
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Plastic pollution
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River
|
Surface water
Environment
Calling for a decision to launch negotiations on a new global agreement on plastic pollution at UNEA5.2
2022
Tony R. Walker
circular economy
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global agreement on plastic pollution
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Marine plastic litter
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Plastic mismanagement
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Plastic pollution
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Plastic production
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Sustainability
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United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA)
Governance
The status of marine debris/litter and plastic pollution in the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME): 1980–2020
2022
La Daana K. Kanhai, Hamish Asmath, Judith F. Gobin
Caribbean
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Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME)
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Central America
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Marine debris
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Marine litter
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Microplastics
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Plastic pollution
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several Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
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South America
Environment
A decision framework for estimating the cost of marine plastic pollution interventions
2022
Erin L Murphy, Miranda Bernard, Gwenllian Iacona, Stephanie B. Borrelle, Megan Barnes, Alexis McGivern, Jorge Emmanuel, Leah R. Gerber
Bayawan
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ecological costs and benefits
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economic costs
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Maryland
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Negros Oriental
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Philippines
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Plastic pollution
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social costs
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United States of America
Environment
Microplastics mulch film affects the environmental behavior of adsorption and degradation of pesticide residues in soil
2022
Changcai Wu, Shaodong Pan, Yongpan Shan, Yajie Ma, Dan Wang, Xianpeng Song, Hongyan Hu, Xiangliang Ren, Xiaoyan Ma, Jinjie Cui, Yan Ma
aged mulch microplastics
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biodegradable mulch microplastics
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China
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flumioxazin
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imidacloprid
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Microplastics
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mulch microplastics
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pesticide residues
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pesticides
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Plastic pollution
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Soil
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soil ecosystems
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Xinjiang
Technology
Policy responses to plastic pollution in Asia: summary of a regional gap analysis
2020
Akenji L, Bengtsson M, Hotta Y, Kato M, Hengesbaugh M
Gap Analysis
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Indonesia
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Japan
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Malaysia
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Philippines
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Plastic pollution
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Policy
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Republic of Korea
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Singapore
|
Thailand
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Vietnam
Governance
Baseline assessment of marine debris with soil, sediment, and water quality characteristics from the fish landing centres of South Andaman, Andaman archipelago, India
2021
K. Saravanan, R. Kiruba-Sankar, Md Junaid Khan, Aqsa Siraj Hashmi, A. Velmurugan, Harsha Haridas, Sreepriya Prakasan, R.P. Deepitha, M. Naga Venkat Laxmi
Andaman archipelago
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Andamans
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Fish landing centres
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India
|
Marine debris
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Plastic pollution
Environment
Marine Litter Windrows: A Strategic Target to Understand and Manage the Ocean Plastic Pollution
2021
Andrés Cózar, Stefano Aliani, Oihane C. Basurko, Manuel Arias, Atsuhiko Isobe, Konstantinos Topouzelis, Anna Rubio and Carmen Morales-Caselles
Marine litter
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Ocean
|
Plastic pollution
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Spatial Distribution
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Windrow
Environment
Breaking plastic wave : A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF PATHWAYS TOWARDS STOPPING OCEAN PLASTIC POLLUTION
2020
PEW Charitable Trust, SYSTEMIQ
circular economy
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Government policies
|
Ocean plastics
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Plastic pollution
Environment
Exposure of coastal environments to river-sourced plastic pollution
2021
P. T. Harris, L. Westerveld, B. Nyberg, T. Maes, M. Macmillan-Lawler, L. R. Appelquist
coastal environments
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Estuarine
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exposure
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Mangrove
|
Mangroves
|
Plastic pollution
|
River source
|
river-borne plastic pollution
|
Wave/tide
Environment
From Pollution to Solution: a global assessment of marine litter and plastic pollution
2022
UNEP
ecosystems
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humans
|
Marine litter
|
Plastic pollution
|
wildlife
Environment
Indonesia’s Plan of Action on Marine Plastic Debris 2017–2025
2020
The Government of Republic of Indonesia
Indonesia
|
marine plastic pollution
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Plastic debris
|
Plastic pollution
|
source management
Governance
Potential of fungi isolated from the dumping sites mangrove rhizosphere soil to degrade polythene
2019
Manisha K. Sangale, Mohd. Shahnawaz and Avinash B. Ade
bioremediation
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India
|
Plastic pollution
|
polythene
|
West coast of India
Technology
Prevalence of marine litter along the Indian beaches: A preliminary account on its status and composition
2017
P, Kaladharan & Vijayakumaran, Kandachamy & Singh, Veerendra & Prema, D. & P S, Asha & Sulochanan, Bindu & Hemasankari, P. & Edward, Loveson & Padua, Shelton & Shettigar, Veena & Anasukoya, Ashiyoda & Bhint, H.
Andaman
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Andhra Pradesh
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Beach litter
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Coastal debris
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E-waste
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Goa
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Gujarat
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India
|
Ingestion
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Karnataka
|
Kerala
|
Lakshadweep
|
Maharashtra
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Odisha
|
Plastic pollution
|
Tamil Nadu
|
West Bengal
Environment
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