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Environment
Extreme weather events as an important factor for the evolution of plastisphere but not for the degradation process
2023
Katerina Karkanorachaki, Evdokia Syranidou, Nicolas Kalogerakis
biofilms
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Extreme weather events
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Marine plastics
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Plastisphere
Environment
Performance and Degradation of Nonwoven Mulches Made of Natural Fibres and PLA Polymer—Open Field Study
2023
Paula Marasovic, Dragana Kopitar, Ruzica Brunsek, Ivana Schwarz
Cellulose fibres
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Degradation
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Needle punched non woven mulches
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Non woven mulches
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Performance
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PLA biopolymer
Environment
Characterization of the degradation products of biodegradable and traditional plastics on UV irradiation and mechanical abrasion
2023
Jiaoxia Sun, Xi Wang, Hanyue Zheng, Xueting Jiang, Jianxin Fan
Abiotic degradation
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Biodegradable plastics
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Mechanical abrasion
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UV irradiation
Environment
Technical
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
Microplastics in the environment: A critical overview on its fate, toxicity, implications, management, and bioremediation strategies
2023
Aswin Thacharodi, Ramu Meenatchi, Saqib Hassan, Naseer Hussain, Mansoor Ahmad Bhat, Jesu Arockiaraj, Huu Hao Ngo, Quynh Hoang Le, Arivalagan Pugazhendhi
Aquatic ecosystems
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bioremediation
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Ecotoxicity
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Marine life
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Microplastics
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policies
Environment
Governance
Harvesting marine plastic pollutants-derived renewable energy: A comprehensive review on applied energy and sustainable approach
2023
Aishwarya Sahu, Krishnamayee Mallick, Navneet Kumar Dubey, Alok Prasad Das
Alternative energy
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circular economy
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Energy harvesting technologies
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marine plastic pollution
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Marine plastics
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Pollutants
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Renewable energy
Environment
Characterization and traceability analysis of dry deposition of atmospheric microplastics (MPs) in Wuliangsuhai Lake
2023
Kai Wang, Yu Liu, Xiaohong Shi, Shengnan Zhao, Biao Sun, Junping Lu, Wenbao Li
Atmospheric MPs
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China
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Dry deposition
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polyethylene
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polystyrene
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Wuliangshuai Lake
Environment
Potential sources and occurrence of macro-plastics and microplastics pollution in farmland soils: A typical case of China
2023
Siyang Ren, Kai Wang, Jinrui Zhnag, Zingjing Li, Hanyue Zhnag, Ruimin Qui, Wen Xu, Changrong Yan, Xuejun Liu, Fusuo Zhnag, Davy L Jones, David R Chadwick
China
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Farmlands
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macroplastics
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Microplastics
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Quantitative method
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Source apportionment
Environment
Microplastic pollution profile in the Indian Ocean of the Southern Java Island, Indonesia
2023
Luqman Hakim, Adelia Anju Asmara, Riska Yoga Priambodo, Yong Jie Wong
Indian Ocean
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Indonesia
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Java Island
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Microplastics
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Microplastics pollution
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Physicochemical properties
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South coast
Environment
Microplastic pollution in marine environments: Exploring sources, sinks, and consequences with a focus on algal interactions
2023
Vanesa N. Salomone, Victoria Passucci, María M. Areco
Algal interactions
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Human Health
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Marine environment
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Microplastic pollution
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Microplastics
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phycoremediation
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Sources
Environment
Technology
Microplastic contamination in commercial fish feeds: A major concern for sustainable aquaculture from a developing country
2023
Mohammad Abdul Momin Siddique, Tasnia Tahsin, Imtiaz Hossain, Md. Shahadat Hossain, Nururshopa Eskander Shazada
Aquaculture
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Bangladesh
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Microplastic concentration
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pollution load index
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polyethylene
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polymer hazard index
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polypropylene
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Polyvinyl chloride
Environment
Detection and quantification of microplastics in Posidonia oceanica banquettes in the Gulf of Gabes, Tunisia
2023
Bilel Hassen, Dhouha Belhaj Sghaier, Emna Matmati, Radhia Mraouna, Monia El Bour
fragments
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Gulf of Gabes
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Microplastics
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NMR Spectroscopy
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Plasticizer contamination
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polymer
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Posidonia oceanica
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Seagrass
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Tunisia
Environment
Meso- and microplastic composition, distribution patterns and drivers: A snapshot of plastic pollution on Brazilian beaches
2023
Tamyris Pegado, Ryan Andrades, Eurico Mesquita Noleto Filho, Simone Franceschini, Marcelo Soares, David Chelazzi, Tommaso Russo, Tania Martellini, Angelica Barone, Alessandra Cincinelli, Tommaso Giarrizzo
Brazil
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Meso and microplastic
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Microplastics
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polypropylene
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polystyrene
Environment
Coastal and marine plastic pollution in Vietnam: Problems and the way out
2023
Bijeesh Kozhikkodan Veetil, Nguyen Thuy An Hua, Dong Doan Van, Ngo Xuan Quang
Legislation
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Litter
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marine plastic pollution
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Plastic waste
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Vietnam
Environment
Governance
Managing Plastic Waste in the People’s Republic of China
2023
Au Shion Yee
China
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Plastic waste
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policy recommendations
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Pollution control
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Roadmap
Environment
Governance
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
Occurrence and sources of microplastics on Arctic beaches: Svalbard
2023
Tesni Lloyd-Jones, Jonathan J. Dick, Timothy P. Lane, Eoghan M. Cunningham, Konstadinos Kiriakoulakis
Arctic beaches
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Microplastics
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Norway
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Pollution
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Svalbard
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
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
Plastic Mulch Films in Agriculture: Their Use, Environmental Problems, Recycling and Alternatives
2023
Kotaiba Salama, Martin Geyer
alternatives
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Disposal
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Environment
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Horticulture
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microplastic
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mulch
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Plastic
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Pollution
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recycling
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Soil
Environment
Microplastic pollution in surface waters and sediments matrices of the Sundarbans – The largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world
2023
Kaniz Fatema, Mansura Akter Hawa, Sabiha Masnoon, Md. Jahangir Alam, Md Jakiul Islam, Md. Mohibul Hasan, M.A. Mamun Siddiquee, Md. Helal Uddin, Kizar Ahmed Sumon, Ramji Kumar Bhandari, Harunur Rashid
Bangladesh
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Mangroves
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Microplastic pollution
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Plastic waste
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Sediment
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Sunderbans
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Surface water
Environment
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
New insights in to the environmental behavior and ecological toxicity of microplastics
2023
Shah Saud, Aoao Yang, Zhaoyu Jiang, Du Ning, Shah Fahad
Analytical methods
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Distribution
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Ecological toxicity
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Environmental behavior
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Microplastics
Environment
Assessing the impact of chronic and acute plastic pollution from construction activities and other anthropogenic sources: A case study from the coast of Antofagasta, Chile
2023
Vinko Zadjelovic, Robyn J. Wright, Tony R. Walker, Vladimir Avalos, Paula E. Marín, Joseph A. Christie-Oleza, Carlos Riquelme
Chile
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Construction
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Expanded polystyrene
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littering
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Microplastic pollution
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Plastics pollution
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polystyrene
Environment
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
Microplastics in soil: Current status and evaluation of the greenness of various analytical methods of identification
2022
Vara Prasda Kasa, Anjaly P Thomas, Sanandam Bordoloi, Goldy De Bhowmick, Brajesh Kumar Dubey, Ajith K Sarmah
Green methods
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Microplastics
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Quantification
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Sustainability
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Terrestrial ecosystem
Environment
Beyond plastic – Consumers prefer food packaging derived from genetically modified plants
2023
Ursula Weisenfeld, Antoniya Hauerwaas, Ossama Elshiewy, Pradipta Halder, Justus Wesseler, Kutay Cingiz, Inge Broer
Bioeconomy
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Europe
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Genetically modified plants
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Innovation adoption
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Plastic packaging
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risk perception
Environment
Microbial accumulation of bioplastics from waste stream: recent advancements and applications
2023
S. Mann, J. G. Sharma, R. Kataria
Biodegradation
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Bioplastics
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Biopolymer
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Microbial accumulation
Environment
Distribution of microplastic and small macroplastic particles across four fish species and sediment in an African lake
2020
Lemessa B. Merga, Paula E. Redondo-Hasselerharm, Paul J. Van den Brink, Albert A Koelmans
Africa
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Ethiopia
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Fish Sediment
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Ingestion
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Lake Ziway
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microplastic
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Size distribution
Environment
Microparticles and microplastics contamination in African table salts
2021
Oluniyi O. Fadare, Elvis D. Okoffo, Emmanuel F. Olasehinde
Africa
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FT-IRSEM
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Human food chain
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Micro fibres
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Microplastics
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Microplastics contamination
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Table salt
Environment
Microplastics in Latin America and the Caribbean: A review on current status and perspectives
2022
Carolina Orona-Návar, Raul García-Morales, Frank J. Loge, Jürgen Mahlknecht, Iris Aguilar-Hernández, Nancy Ornelas-Soto
aquatic systems
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Caribbean
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Coastlines
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Latin America
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Microplastics
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microplastics research
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Organisms
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sediments
Environment
Microplastic burden in Africa: A review of occurrence, impacts, and sustainability potential of bioplastics
2022
Emmanuel Sunday Okeke, Oluwatosin Atinuke Olagbaju, Charles Obinwanne Okoye, Charles Izuma Addey, Kingsley Ikechukwu Chukwudozie, Joseph Onyekwere Okoro, Gideon Gywa Deme, David Ewusi-Mensah, Eghosa Igun, Elijah Chibueze Odii, Olayinka Oderinde, Veronica Chisom Iloh, Solomon Abesa
Africa
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Bioplastics
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Ecosystem
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Environmental pollution
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Microplastics
Environment
Microplastic Pollution in EU Farmland Soils: Preliminary Findings from Agricultural Soils (Southwestern Poland)
2023
Agnieszka Medynska-Juraszek, Anna Szczepańska
agricultural soils
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Contaminations
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Farmlands
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Microplastics
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Occurrence
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Poland
Environment
Alternatives to Improve the Management of Agricultural Plastics Within the Framework of Circular Economy
2023
Francisco José Castillo-Díaz, Ana Batlles-delaFuente, María J. López-Serrano, Luis J. Belmonte-Ureña
Agriculture
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Biodegradable
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Biopolymers
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circular economy
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Packaging
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Plastic alternatives
Environment
Widespread microplastic pollution in Indiana, USA, rivers
2023
Whitney M. Conard, Katherine E. O'Reilly, Carson Hartlage, Gary A. Lamberti
fibres
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Indiana
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Landscape
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Landuse
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Microplastic pollution
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Microplastics
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Rivers
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USA
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Watershed
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
|
Vietnam coast
Environment
Effects of dual mulching with wheat straw and plastic film under three irrigation regimes on soil nutrients and growth of edible sunflower
2023
Jinxia Zhang, Liangliang Du, Zisheng Xing, Rui Zhang, Fuqiang Li, Tao Zhong, Fangfang Ren, Meng Yin, Lin Ding, Xingrong Liu
China
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Mulching mode
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Soil alkali-hydrolyzed nitrogen
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Soil available phosphorus
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Soil available potassium
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Soil nutrients
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Yield
Environment
Flexible and green multilayer paper coating for barrier enhancement of paper packaging
2023
Hormoz Eslami, Tizazu H. Mekonnen
Bio-based polymers
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Multilayer paper coating
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Packaging material
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Thermo plastic starch
Environment
Plastic debris, persistent organic pollutants and their toxicity impacts in coastal areas in Central Chile
2023
Victoria A. Gómez, Karla Pozo, Christelle Clérandeau, Jérôme Cachot, Caroline Montes, Petra Přibylová, Cristóbal Glabán-Malagón, Bradley Clarke, Jana Klanova, Bénédicte Morin
Chile
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Coastal areas
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marine plastic debris
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Microtox
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POPs
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SOS chromotest
Environment
Abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) as part of marine litter at the seafloor of the Baltic Sea – Characterization, quantification, polymer composition and possible impact
2023
Ulrike Kammann, Pedro Nogueira, Esther Wilhelm, Ivo Int-Veen, Marc-Oliver Aust, Klaus Wysujack
ALDFG
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Baltic Sea
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Estonia
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Fishery derived litter
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Germany
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Ghost net
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Latvia
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Lithuania
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Litter at the seafloor
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monitoring
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Poland
|
polyethylene
Environment
Microplastic occurrence and ecological risk assessment in the eight outlets of the Pearl River Estuary, a new insight into the riverine microplastic input to the northern South China Sea
2023
Hoi Shan Chau, Shaopeng Xu, Yue Ma, Qi Wang, Yaru Cao, Guangling Huang, Yuefei Ruan, Meng Yan, Mengyang Liu, Kai Zhang, Paul K.S. Lam
China
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Concurrent sampling strategy
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Flux
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Microplastics
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Pearl River Estuary
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Risk Assessment
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Riverine input
Environment
First evidence of microplastic contamination in ready-to-use packaged food ice cubes
2023
V.C. Shruti, Gurusamy Kutralam-Muniasamy, Fermín Pérez-Guevara, Priyadarsi D. Roy, I. Elizalde-Martínez
Food contamination
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Ice cubes
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Mexico
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Microplastics
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Packaged food
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Ready to use
Environment
Are there plastic particles in my sugar? A pioneering study on the characterization of microplastics in commercial sugars and risk assessment
2023
Sadia Afrin, Md. Mostafizur Rahman, Md. Nayon Hossain, Md. Khabir Uddin, Guilherme Malafaia
Bangladesh
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Commercial brands
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Dhaka
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Human Health
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Ingestion
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Microplastics
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Plastic particles
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Sugar
Environment
Microplastics in human food chains: Food becoming a threat to health safety
2023
Abdullah Al Mamun, Tofan Agung Eka Prasetya, Indiah Ratna Dewi, Monsur Ahmad
Environmental pollution
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Food safety
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Hazardous chemical
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Hazardous waste
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Health risk
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Plastics pollution
Environment
A Scientific Approach to the Occurrence, Isolation, and Characterization of Existing Microplastic Pollution in the Marine Environment—a Review
2023
Girija Prasad, Smita Mohanty, Sanjay K.Nayak, Girija K.Bharat, Paromita Chakraborty
analysis
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Extraction
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FTIR
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Marine environment
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Microplastics
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Sampling
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Spectroscopy
Environment
Atmospheric Microplastics: Perspectives on Origin, Abundances, Ecological and Health Risks
2023
Shivali Gupta, Rakesh Kumar, Akanksha Rajput, Ruby Gorka, Antima Gupta, Nazuk Bhasin, Sudesh Yadav, Anju Verma, Kirpa Ram, Madulika Bhagat
Aquatic ecosystems
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Atmospheric microplastics
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Health risks
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Indoor and outdoor air quality
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Marine environment
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Terrrestrial
Environment
Conceptualizing the socio-cultural impacts of marine plastic pollution on human well-being – A perspective
2023
Papama Yose, Gladman Thondhlana, Gavin Fraser
Characterization
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Classification
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Conceptualization
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marine plastic pollution
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Socio-cultural impacts
Environment
Governance
Society
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
|
Microplastics
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Nanoplastics
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Plastic pollution
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Plasticulture
|
Polybutylene adipate terephthalate
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polyethylene
|
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
Microplastics in Mediterranean Seawater
2023
Monique Mancuso, Nunziatina Porcino, Julian Blasco, Teresa Romeo, Serena Savoca, Nunziacarla Spanò, Teresa Bottari
distribution process
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fate
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Mediterranean Sea
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Microplastics
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sea surface
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seawater column
Environment
Seasonal distribution of microplastics in the surface waters of the Yellow Sea, China
2023
Weiwei Zhang, Shoufeng Zhang, Ling Qu, Maowei Ju, Cheng Huo, Juying Wang
China
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Microplastics
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Seasonal abundance
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seasonal distribution
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Yellow sea
Environment
Life cycle assessment studies to evaluate the sustainability of various facemasks used during COVID-19: A UAE case study
2023
Rahaf Ajaj, Rania Al Dweik, Shafeeq Ahmed Syed Ali, Mohammed Hashem Stietiya
Bio-plastics
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COVID-19
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Environmental Impact
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Sustainability
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United Arab Emirates
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Waste management
Environment
Ecological risks of microplastics contamination with green solutions and future perspectives
2023
Aziz Khan, Zheng Jie, Jing Wang, Jaya Nepal, Najeeb Ullah, Ze-Ying Zhao, Peng-Yang Wang, Wiqar Ahmad, Adnan Khan, Wei Wang, Meng-Ying Li, Wei Zhang, Mohammad Soliman Elsheikh, Youcai Xiong
Green House Gas emissions
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Microplastics
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Mulching
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Plastic waste Management
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Plasticulture
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Sustainability
Environment
Assessment of road run-off and domestic wastewater contribution to microplastic pollution in a densely populated area (Flanders, Belgium)
2023
Maaike Vercauteren, Ilias Semmouri, Emmanuel Van Acker, Emmy Pequeur, Leen Van Esch, Inge Uljee, Jana Asselman, Colin R. Janssen
Aquatic ecosystem
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Belgium
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Domestic wastewater
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Freshwater
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Microplastic pollution
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Road runoff
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tire
Environment
Understanding who avoids single-use plastics and why: A cross-country mixed-method study
2023
Laure Herweyers, Ingrid Moons, Camilla Barbarossa, Patrick De Pelsmacker, Els Du Bois
Belgium
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Consumer segments
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Cross-country study
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Mixed-method
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Motivational processes
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Russia
|
Single-use plastics
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Sustainable consumption
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United States
Environment
Replacing single-use plastics with biomaterial packaging in Thailand and impacts on the water-energy-climate Nexus
2023
Napat Jakrawatana,Pitak Ngammuangtueng, Natanee Vorayos, Shabbir H. Gheewala
Bioeconomy
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Biomaterial
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circular economy
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Greenhouse gas emission
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Thailand
Environment
Plastic rain—Atmospheric microplastics deposition in urban and peri-urban areas of Patna City, Bihar, India: Distribution, characteristics, transport, and source analysis
2023
Neha Parashar, Subrata Hait
Atmospheric deposition
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Bihar
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India
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Microplastics (MPs)
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Plastic rain
|
Sources
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Transportation
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Urban and peri-urban areas
Environment
Role of Algae in Biodegradation of Plastics
2023
Piyush Gupta, Namrata Gupta, Subhakanta Dash, Monika Singh
Alage
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Biodegradation
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Plastic waste
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plastics
Environment
Technology
Residential houses — a major point source of microplastic pollution: insights on the various sources, their transport, transformation, and toxicity behaviour
2023
Angel Jessieleena, Sasikaladevi Rathinavelu, Kiruthika Eswari Velmaiel, Anju Anna John, Indumathi M. Nambi
Human body
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Microplastic pollution
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Point source
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Residential houses
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Toxicity
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wastewater
Environment
Distribution of microplastics in the catchment region of Pallikaranai marshland, a Ramsar site in Chennai, India☆
2023
Angel Jessieleena, Indumathi M. Nambi
Chennai
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India
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Microplastics
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Pallikaranai marshland
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Ramsar site
Environment
Occurrence, distribution, and characteristics of microplastics in agricultural soil around a solid waste treatment center in southeast China
2023
Xi Liu, Huirong Lin, Sheng Xu, Yu Yan, Ruilian Yu, Gongren Hu
Agricultural soil
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Agroecosystems
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China
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Distribution
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Microplastics
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Safety
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solid waste treatment center
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Sources
Environment
Identifying opportunities for harmonized microplastics and mesoplastics monitoring for Caribbean Small Island Developing States using a spatiotemporal assessment of beaches in South Eleuthera, The Bahamas
2023
Kristal K. Ambrose, Tony R. Walker
Caribbean SIDS
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Global Plastics Treaty
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Mesoplastics
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Microplastics
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monitoring
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Plastic pellets
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The Bahamas
Environment
Use of biodegradable materials to reduce marine plastic pollution in small scale coastal longline fisheries
2023
Kristine Cerbule, Bent Herrmann, Željka Trumbić, Mirela Petrić, Svjetlana Krstulović Šifner, Eduardo Grimaldo, Roger B. Larsen, Jure Brčić
Biodegradable snoods
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Catch composition
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Catch efficiency
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Croatia
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Longline fishery
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Marine environmental conservation
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marine pollution
Environment
Technology
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
Comparative life cycle assessment of polyethylene agricultural mulching film and alternative options including different end-of-life routes
2023
Quanyin Tan, Liyao Yang, Fan Wei, Yuan Chen, Jinhui Li
Agricultural Mulching films
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Biodegradable plastic degardation
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China
|
End of Life
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Global warming
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Life cycle assessment
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Polyethylene films
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recycling
Environment
Distribution characteristics and correlation of macro- and microplastics under long-term plastic mulching in northwest China
2023
Junhao Cao, Xiaodong Gao, Qi Hu, Changjian Li, Xiaolin Song, Yaohui Cai, Kadambot H.M. Siddique, Xining Zhao
China
|
Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
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macroplastics
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Microplastics
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Plastic mulching
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Soil
|
Soil depth
Environment
Technical
Microplastics in the Food Chain
2023
Chamila V.L Jayasinghe, Sharmila Jayatilake, H. Umesh K.D.Z Rajapakse, N.K Sandunika Kithmini, K.M Prakash M.Kulathunga
Alternative packing materials
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Food chain
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Food value chain
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Microplastics
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
Harnessing citizen science to tackle urban-sourced ocean plastic pollution: Experiences and lessons learned from implementing city-wide surveys of plastic litter
2023
Samuel Winton, Keiron P. Roberts, Cressida Bowyer, Stephen Fletcher
Digital engagement
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Marine
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Participatory research
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Pollution
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Public recruitment
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Smartphone application
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UK
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United Kingdom
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
Public perception of microplastics on a popular Chinese social media platform
2023
Yinglin Wu, Donghui Mo, Jing Liu, Zitong Li, Xiaoli Chen, Ling Xie
China
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Environmental Awareness
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Microplastics
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Plastic usage
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Pollution control
|
Public perception
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Social media
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WeChat
Environment
Society
Seasonal and spatial variations in the distribution pattern, sources and impacts of microplastics along different coastal zones of Tamil Nadu, India
2023
K. Immaculate Jeyasanta, M. Jayanthi, R.L. Laju, Jamila Patterson, Deepak S. Bilgi, Narmatha Sathish, J.K. Patterson Edward
coast
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Diversity
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India
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Microplastics
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Risk Assessment
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Seasonal variation
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Tamil Nadu
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Water and sediment
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Weathering
Environment
Exploring factors driving macroplastic emissions of Mahiga Creek, Cebu, Philippines to the estuary
2023
Vince Bardenas, Mathew Nino Dy, Sidney Lorenz Ondap, Ricardo Fornis
Discharge
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macroplastics
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OSPAR marine litter classification
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Philippines
|
Rainfall-runoff modelling
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River litter monitoring
Environment
Micro and nano plastics in groundwater systems: A review of current knowledge and future perspectives
2023
Sedat Gundogdu, Florin-Constantin Mihai, Elke Kerstin Fischer, Martin C.M. Blettler, Oguz Can Turgay, Muhittin Onur Akca, Burak Aydogan, Berna Ayat
Aquifers
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Drinking water
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Ground water
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Health risk assessment
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Human Health
|
Micro plastics
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Nanoplastics
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Waste management
Environment
Sustainable management of drinking plastic straws is required to reduce plastic pollution: Are we using them more during COVID-19?
2023
Tadele Assefa Aragaw
COVID-19
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Drinking plastic straws
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Health risks
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Microplastics
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Plastic litters
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Plastic management
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Sustainable alternatives
Environment
Optimization of plastic waste integration in cement bricks
2023
Yara El-Metwally, Khaled Dewidar, Mostafa Ismail, Iman El-Mahallawi
Cement bricks
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Construction industry
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HDPE
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PET
|
Plastic waste
|
Sustainability
Environment
Microplastic pollution in the marine environment: A review
2023
Sina Pourebrahimi, Majid Pirooz
Anthropogenic contaminants
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Environmental pollution
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Microplastic Degradation
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Microplastics distribution
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Microplastics toxicity
Environment
Evidence of microplastics in groundwater: A growing risk for human health
2023
Sarawut Sangkham, Md Aminul Islam, Sangeet Adhikari, Rakesh Kumar, Prabhakar Sharma, Pornpun Sakunkoo, Prosun Bhattacharya, Ananda Tiwari
Groundwater
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Groundwater contamination
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Human Health
|
Microplastics
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polystyrene
|
Polyvinly chloride
Environment
Spatial-temporal distribution and accumulation characteristics of residual plastic film in cotton fields in arid oasis area and the effects on soil salt transport and crop growth
2023
Lili Yang, Tong Heng, Xinlin He, Guang Yang, Li Zhao, Yuhuan Li, Yang Xu
China
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Cotton fields
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Crop
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Drip irrigation
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Mulching
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Oasis
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Plastic films
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Soil
Environment
Agricultural Plastic Mulching as a Source of Microplastics in the Terrestrial Conditions
2023
Mónica Calero, Mario J. Muñoz, Rafael R. Solís, Emilio J. Lozano, Verónica Godoy, Ángeles Martín-Lara,
Agricultural plastics
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Biodegradable plastics
|
Microplastics
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Mulching
|
persistent organic pollutants
Environment
Fate and transport of biological microcontaminants bound to microplastics in the soil environment
2023
Lane W. Maguire, Courtney M. Gardner
Antibiotic resistance genes
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Biosolids
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Genetic biotechnology
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Non-target gene silencing
|
Pesticidal double-stranded RNAs
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RNAs
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Small interference
Environment
Impact of plastic film mulching on microplastic in farmland soils in Guangdong province, China
2023
Bibo Long, Fayong Li, Ke Wang, Yaozhu Huang, Youjun Yang, Dong Xie
China
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Farmland soils
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Laser direct infrared chemical imaging system
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Macroplastic residues
|
Microplastics
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Plastic film mulching
|
Pollution load index model
|
Polymer hazard index model
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
The degradation of single-use plastics and commercially viable bioplastics in the environment: A review
2023
Siti Norliyana Idris, Tan Suet May Amelia, Kesaven Bhubalan, Anim Maisara Mohd Lazim, Nurul Aliah Mohd Ahmad Zakwan, Muhammad Imran Jamaluddin, Rameshkumar Santhanam, Al-Ashraf Abdullah Amirul, Sevakumaran Vigneswari, Seeram Ramakrishna
biodegradable polymers
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Bioplastics
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Global issue
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policy makers
|
Single-use plastics
|
Synthetic Plastics
Environment
Microplastics/nanoplastics released from facemasks as contaminants of emerging concern
2023
Mehakdeep Kaur, Debopriya Ghosh, Shikha Guleria, Shailendra Kumar Arya, Sanjeev Puri, Madhu Khatri
COVID-19
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Facemasks
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Health risks
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microplastic
|
Nanoplastic
Environment
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
|
Plastic pollution
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PPE
|
Single-use plastics
Environment
Country-specific riverine contributions to marine plastic pollution
2023
Lei Mai, Xiangfei Sun, Eddy Y. Zeng
Emission rate
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Human Development Index
|
Outflows
|
Riverine plastics
Environment
Abundance and Distribution of Macro- and Mesoplastic Debris on Selected Beaches in the Northern Strait of Malacca
2023
Er Vin Lim, Nithiyaa Nilamani, Norhanis M. Razalli, Shoufeng Zhang, Hongjun Li, Muhammad Lutfi Haron, Zulfigar Yasin, Norlaila Mohd Zanuri, Aileen Tan Shau Hwai
Anthropogenic activities
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Beach sediment
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macroplastics
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Malaysia
|
Marine debris
|
Mesplastics
|
Strait of Malacca
Environment
Turning off the Tap: How the world can end plastic pollution and create a circular economy
2023
Llorenç Milà i Canals, Yoni Shiran, Steve Fletcher, Andrea Bassi
circular economy
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Human Health
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Packaging
|
Plastic waste
|
Regulatory measures
Environment
Management of Household Plastic Waste in Wollongong, Australia: The Role of Selective Waste Collection Systems
2023
Marcella Bernardo, Hugh Forehead, Isabella De Carvalho Vallin, Sylmara Lopes Francelino Gonçalves Dias
Australia
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circular economy
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Household plastic waste
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Municipal waste manangement
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Plastic waste Management
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recycling
|
Selective waste collection
Environment
Microplastic Contamination in Aquatic Organisms: An Ecotoxicological Perspective
2023
Udai Ram Gurjar, Suman Takar, Adnan Amin, K. A. Martin Xavier
Aquatic organisms
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Bioaccumulation
|
Health
|
Microplastics
|
Toxicity
Environment
Degradation of Plastics Waste and Its Effects on Biological Ecosystems: A Scientific Analysis and Comprehensive Review
2023
Subhashish Dey, G.T.N Veerendra, P.S.S Anjaneya Babu, A.V Phani Manoj, K.Nagarjuna
Biodegradation
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Biological Ecosystems
|
Contamination
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Disposal
|
Plastic waste
Environment
Synthetic Plastics and the Environment: Can Agro-waste Be Used as a Viable Packaging Material?
2023
Victor Eshu Okpashi
Agro-waste
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Bio-plastics
|
Environment
|
Human Health
|
Synthetic 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
|
Queensland
Environment
Chemicals in Plastics – A Technical Report
2023
Roland Weber, Narain M. Ashta, Nicolò Aurisano, Zhanyun Wang, Magali Outters ,Kimberley De Migue, Martin Schlummer ,Markus Blepp, , Helene Wiesinger, Helena Andrade, Martin Scheringer, Peter Fantke
Chemicals
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Circularity
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Environment
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Global action
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Human Health
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plastics
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Scientific evidence
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Stakeholders
Environment
Technical
Technology
Marine plastic pollution in Morocco: state of the knowledge on origin, occurrence, fate, and management
2023
Nezha Mejjad, Abdelmourhit Laissaoui, Ouafa El Hammoumi
Fate and management
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Management projects.
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marine plastic pollution
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Moroccan coastal waters
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Morocco
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origin
|
Regulatory frameworks
Environment
Impact of microfiber pollution on aquatic biota: A critical analysis of effects and preventive measures
2023
K.K. Priya, H. Thilagam, T. Muthukumar, S. Gopalakrishnan, Muthusamy Govarthanan
Aquatic environment
|
Emerging contaminant
|
Microfibres
|
Microplastics
|
Personal protective equipments
Environment
Socio-economic factors affecting the distribution of marine litter: The Portuguese case study
2023
I. Iglesias, M. Lupiac, L.R. Vieira, S.C. Antunes, J. Mira-Veiga, I. Sousa-Pinto, A. Lobo
Cluster analysis
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Marine litter
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plastics
|
Portugal
|
Socio-economic factors
Environment
Society
Monitoring marine litter on Funchal beaches (Madeira Island): Insights for litter management
2023
Sara Bettencourt, Carlos Lucas, Sandra Caeiro, Sónia Costa
Beaches cleanups
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Land-based sources
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Madeira Island
|
Marine litter management
|
Marine litter pollution
|
monitoring
|
Oceanic island
|
Portugal
Environment
Marine Plastic Drift from the Mekong River to Southeast Asia
2023
Dung M. Nguyen, Dr. Lars Hole, Oyvind Breivik, Dr. Nguyen Ba Thuy, Ngoc Kh. Pham
Drift
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Indonesia
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Marine
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Mekong
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OpenDrift
|
Philippines
|
Plastic
|
Pollution
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River
|
South China Sea
|
Southeast Asia
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Stranding
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Trajectory
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Vietnam
|
waste
Environment
Technology
A meta-analytic review of microplastic pollution in the Indian Ocean: Ecological health and seafood safety risk implications
2023
N.P.P.S. Nugawela, A.S. Mahaliyana, G. Abhiram, A.P. Abeygunawardena
Biota
|
Ecological risk assessment
|
Indian Ocean
|
Microplastics pollution
|
Seafood
|
Sediment
|
Surface water
Environment
Life cycle assessment of different strawberry production methods in Germany with a particular focus on plastic emissions
2023
This paper presents the environmental impacts of different plasticulture methods, including possible impacts caused by the accidental emission of plastics in strawberry cultivation. The main goal of this study is to help farmers determine the most environmentally friendly cultivation technique and to test the inclusion of plastic pollution in life cycle assessment (LCA). This study quantifies the abrasion or erosion of these plastics during cultivation and their release into the environment, relates such emissions to different cultivation methods, and puts them into the broader context of other environmental impacts. The study presents the effects of eight plasticulture methods and three combinations thereof on the yield, water and nutrient savings, and plastic masses that are to be employed and are assumed to be partly released into the environment. In order to make biodegradable agroplastics competitive, their effects on cultivation parameters such as water and nutrient demand and yield, as well as their degradability under real-life conditions on the field, need to be enhanced. The results of this study suggest the need to regulate certain parameters of plastics that are in direct contact with soil, such as rip resistance and permitted polymer types and additives. Besides, the legal framework should incentivize the complete recovery and proper end-of-life treatment of agroplastics. Also, possible legal restrictions that encourage the use of plasticulture methods that can help reduce the environmental impacts as compared to open-field cultivation are important.
Agriplastics
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environmental impacts
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Germany
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Life cycle assessment (LCA)
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mulch film
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Plastic emissions
|
Plasticulture
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Strawberry cultivation
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
|
plastics
|
terrestrial environment
Environment
GIS Mapping of Marine Litter Along Recreational Beaches of Mumbai Coast, Maharashtra
2023
Aswathy Ashokan, Nakhawa Ajay Dayaram, R. Ratheesh Kumar, Vidya Shree Bharti,
Aksa beach
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Aquatic organisms
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Beach
|
GIS
|
India
|
Juhu beach
|
Marine litter
|
Mumbai
|
Pollution
Environment
Technology
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
|
Plastic pollution
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Single-use plastics
Environment
Plastic action or distraction? Marine plastic campaigns influence public engagement with climate change in both general and engaged audiences
2023
Yolanda L. Waters, Kerrie A. Wilson, Angela J. Dean
Behaviour change
|
Behavioural spillover
|
Climate communication
|
Great barrier reef
|
Marine conservation
Environment
Technical feasibility of using a geotextile waste material as an alternative to agrofilm for mulching in lettuce
2023
José Anderson Soares, Marcelo Cavalcante, João Gomes da Costa, Márcio Aurélio Lins Ds Santos
Brazil
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mulch film
|
Plasiculture
|
semiarid region
|
soil covers
|
SoilTain geotextile blanket
Environment
Reducing plastic film mulching and optimizing agronomic management can ensure food security and reduce carbon emissions in irrigated maize areas
2023
Guoqiang Zhang, Bo Ming, Ruizhi Xie, Jianglu Chen, Peng Hou, Jun Xue, Dongping Shen, Rongfa Li, Juan Zhai, Yuanmeng Zhang, Keru Wang, Shaokun Li
Accumulated temperature utilization rate
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China
|
Corn production
|
Environmental pollution
|
Greenhouse gas emissions
|
Plastic film
|
Sustainable agriculture
Environment
Current trends of unsustainable plastic production and micro(nano)plastic pollution
2023
Tony R. Walker, Lexi Fequet
microplastic
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Nanoplastic
|
Plastic pollution
|
unsustainable
Environment
Removal characteristics of microplastics in sewage flowing through a long-term operation surface flow wetland
2023
Le Zhang, Jingxin Wang, Xia Gong, Yaohua Song, Danping Li, Huajun Huang, Chenglong Yu, Ximei Liang, Hansun Fang
China
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Jiangxi Agricultural University
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Jiangxi Province
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Microplastics
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Nanchang city
|
Removal efficiencies
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Removal mechanisms
|
Sewage treatment
|
Surface Flow Wetland
Environment
Microplastics pollution studies in India: A recent review of sources, abundances and research perspectives
2023
P. Karthikeyan, M. Subagunasekar
Biota
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Estuaries
|
India
|
Microplastics
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Sea salt
|
sediments
Environment
Microplastics are transferred by soil fauna and regulate soil function as material carriers
2023
Yunchao Luo, Lin Wang, Tingting Cao, Junxiu Chen, Meiqi Lv, Sijie Wei, Shangxian Lu, Xingjun Tian
Agricultural plastic
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China
|
Fauna
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Material carrier
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Microplastic migration
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Microplastics
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Nutrients
|
Ripple effect
|
Soil environment
|
Springtail
Environment
The effects of riverside cities on microplastics in river water: A case study on the Southern Jiangsu Canal, China
2023
Xi Jin, Xindi Fu, Wenjing Lu, Hongtao Wang
Canal
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China
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Cities
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Freshwater
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Microplastic abundance
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Microplastics
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River
|
Urban area
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wastewater treatment plants
Environment
Distribution and weathering characteristics of microplastics in paddy soils following long-term mulching: A field study in Southwest China
2023
Jie Yang, Kaifu Song, Chen Tu, Lianzhen Li, Yudong Feng, Ruijie Li,Hua Xu, Yongming Luo
Agriculture
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China
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Distribution
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Microplastics
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Mulching
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Paddy soil
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Plastic films
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Weathering characteristics
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
|
Plastic pollution
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Urban water
Environment
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
|
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
|
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
|
Food chain
|
Microplastics
|
Plastic pollution
Environment
How plastic debris and associated chemicals impact the marine food web: A review
2023
Elise M. Tuuri, Sophie C. Leterme
Environmental health
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Epiplastic communities
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Food web
|
Marine Organisms
|
Microplastic pollution
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Plastic consumption
|
Plastic Contamination
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Plastic debris
|
Plastic waste
Environment
Biodegradation of Different Types of Bioplastics through Composting—A Recent Trend in Green Recycling
2023
Aitizaz Ahsan, Adnan Hussain, Chitsan Lin, Minh Ky Nguyen
Aerobic composting
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Biopolymers
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Depolymerization
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Enzymes
|
Sustainability
Environment
Plastic Waste: Challenges and Opportunities to Mitigate Pollution and Effective Management
2023
Md. Golam Kibria, Nahid Imtiaz Masuk, Rafat Safayet, Huy Quoc Nguyen, Monjur Mourshed
Climate Change
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Global warming
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Plastic waste
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Pollution mitiagation
|
Sources
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Waste management
|
Waste-to-energy
Environment
Plastics derived from disposable greenhouse plastic films and irrigation pipes in agricultural soils: a case study from Turkey
2022
Rezan Gündoğdu, Derya Önder, Sedat Gündoğdu, Claire Gwinnett
Adana/Karataş region
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Drip irrigation
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Low-tunnel greenhouse
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Plasticulture
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Soil pollution
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Terrestrial plastics
|
Turkey
Environment
Effects of plastic mulching and plastic residue on agricultural production: A meta-analysis
2019
Haihe Gao, Changrong Yan, Qin Liu, Weili Ding, Baoqing Chen, Zhen Li
China
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meta-analysis
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Plastic film mulching
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Residual plastic film
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WUE
|
Yield
Environment
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
|
Health Impact
|
Plastic pollution
|
Plasticulture
|
United Kingdom
Environment
Plastics in agriculture- An environmental challenge
2022
Elaine Baker, Kristina Thygesen
biodegradable mulch
|
Biodegradable plastics
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fertilizer
|
Microplastics
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Soil
|
wastewater treatment plants
Environment
Risk and uncertainty of plastic mulch adoption in raspberry production systems
2022
B. Madrid, J.R. Goldberger, C.A. Miles, L.W. DeVetter
Plasticulture
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Polyethylene mulch
|
Risk management
|
soil- biodegradable mulch
Environment
The occurence, speciation and ecological effect of plastic pollution in the bay ecosystem
2022
Yifan Tong, Lin Lin, Yi Tao, Yuxiong Huang , Xiaoshan Zhu
Bay
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Ecological risks
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Ecosystem
|
Environmental occurrence
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plastics
Environment
Plastic in agricultural soils – A global risk for groundwater systems and drinking water supplies? – A review
2020
Philipp Wanner
Agricultural soil
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Enhanced pesticide transport
|
Groundwater contamination
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Human health hazard
|
Plastic particle mobility
Environment
Marine litter on the beaches of the Kanyakumari, Southern India: An assessment of their abundance and pollution indices
2022
Karthikeyan Perumal, Subagunasekar Muthuramalingam, Stella Chellaiyan
Clean Coast Index (CCI)
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India
|
Kanyakumari beach
|
Marine litter
|
Plastic Abundance Index (PAI)
|
plastics
|
Tamil Nadu
Environment
Personal protective equipment (PPE) disposal during COVID-19: An emerging source of microplastic and microfiber pollution in the environment
2022
Muhammad Tariq Khan, Izaz Ali Shah, Md Faysal Hossain,Nasrin Akther, Yanbo Zhou,Muhammad Sajawal Khan, Muayad Al-shaeli, Muhammad Suleman Bacha, Ihsanullah Ihsanullah
COVID-19
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Health risks
|
Microfibers
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Microplastics
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personal protective equipment
Environment
Impact of plastic mulching as a major source of microplastics in agroecosystems
2022
Noreen Khalid, Muhammad Aqeel, Ali Noman, Zarin Fatima Rizvi
Agroecosystems
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crop productivity
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Heavy metals
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microbial pathogens
|
Microplastics
|
persistent organic pollutants
|
Plastic mulching
Environment
Microplastic intrusion into the zooplankton, the base of the marine food chain: Evidence from the Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean
2022
Prasun Goswami, Narasimman Selvakumar, Pankaj Verma, Mahua Saha, V. Suneel, Nambali Valsalan Vinithkumar, Gopal Dharani, Chayanika Rathore, Jibananand Nayak,
Arabian Sea
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Bioavailability
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Food web
|
India
|
Indian Ocean
|
Ingestion
|
Microplastics
|
Zooplankton
Environment
Particulate plastics in drinking water and potential human health effects: Current knowledge for management of freshwater plastic materials in Africa
2023
Prosper Naah Angnunavuri, Francis Attiogbe, Bismark Mensah
Africa
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Drinking water
|
Environmental epidemiology
|
Human Health
|
Plastic materials
|
Toxicological hazards
Environment
Microplastic Pollution: A Brief Review of Its Source and Abundance in Different Aquatic Ecosytems
2022
Asifa Ashrafy, Afroza Akter Liza, Md Nazrul Islam, Md Morsaline Billah, Shaikh Tareq Arafat, Md Moshiur Rahman, Sheikh Mustafizur Rahman
Aquatic organisms
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Classification
|
Detection
|
marine pollution
|
Toxicity
Environment
Microplastic contamination in commercial fish species in southern coastal region of India
2022
Thilagam Ramakrishnan, Madhuvandhi Janardhanam, Priya Sivakumar, Rekha Sivakumar, Krishnamurthy Rajamanickam, Thiagarajan Raman, Muthukumar Thangavelu, Govarthanan Muthusamy, Gopalakrishnan Singaram
Adyar
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Ennore
|
Fish species
|
Food safety
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Human Health
|
India
|
Microplastics
Environment
Microplastic contamination and characteristics of agricultural groundwater in Haean Basin of Korea
2022
Jihye Cha, Jin-Yong Lee, Rogers Wainkwa Chia
Agricultural irrigation
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Fertilizers
|
Groundwater
|
Haean Basin
|
Korea
|
Microplastics
Environment
Seasonal distribution and abundance of microplastics in the coastal sediments of north eastern Arabian sea
2023
Udai Ram Gurjar, K. A. Martin Xavier, Satya Prakash Shukla, Suman Takar, Ashok Kumar Jaiswar, Geetanjali Deshmukhe, Binaya Bhushan Nayak
Anthropogenic
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Arabian Sea
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India
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Microplastics
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seasonal distribution
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sediments
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storm water
Environment
Spatial, seasonal and ecological risk assessment of microplastics in sediment and surface water along the Thoothukudi, south Tamil Nadu, south east India
2022
Kalaiselvan Keerthika, Pandurangan Padmavathy, Velu Rani, Robinson Jeyashakila, Samraj Aanand, Ranjeet Kutty
India
|
Microplastics
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Monitoring and assessment
|
Seasonal
|
Spatial
|
Surface water
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Tamil Nadu
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Thoothukudi
Environment
Anthropogenic marine litter: An approach to environmental quality for India’s southeastern Arabian Sea coast
2023
M. Mugilarasan, R. Karthik, R. S. Robin, B. Subbareddy, G. Hariharan, I. Anandavelu, T. P. S. Jinoj, R. Purvaja, R. Ramesh
Arabian Sea
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beach quality indices
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India
|
Management measures
|
Marine litter
|
Numerical modelling
|
Typology
Environment
Policy Brief: Role of chemicals and polymers of concern in the global plastics treaty
2023
Scientists' Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty; Wagner, Martin; Brander, Susanne M.; Almroth, Bethanie Carney; Courtene-Jones, Winnie; Fernandez, Marina; Groh, Ksenia; Gündoğdu, Sedat; Hartmann, Nanna B.; Weis, Judith
Environment
Governance
Characteristics of microplastics in the beach sediments of Marina tourist beach, Chennai, India
2022
S. Venkatramanan, S.Y. Chung, S. Selvam, K. Sivakumar, G.R. Soundhariya, Hussam Eldin Elzain, Md. Simul Bhuyan
Beach sediments
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Chennai
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India
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Marina beach
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Microplastics
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Particle colour
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Particle type
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Polymer components
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Polymer sediments
Environment
Microplastic pollution in coastal ecosystem off Mumbai coast, India
2022
Udai Ram Gurjar, K.A Martin Xavier, Satya Prakash Shukla, Ashok Kumar Jaiswar, Geetanjali Deshmukhe, Binaya Bhusan Nayak
India
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Marine biota
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Microplastics
|
Mumbai
|
Pollution
|
Water and sediment
Environment
Personal protective equipment (PPE) pollution driven by the COVID-19 pandemic in coastal environment, Southeast Coast of India
2022
Kannan Gunasekaran, Bilal Mghili, Ayyappan Saravanakumar
COVID-19
|
gloves
|
India
|
masks
|
microplastic management
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PPE
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Tamil Nadu
Environment
Effects of Marine Littering and Sustainable Measures to Reduce Marine Pollution in India
2021
Satyanarayana Narra, Vicky Shettigondahalli Ekanthalu, Edward Antwi, Michael Nelles
India
|
Marine litter
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marine plastic pollution
|
Plastic Leakage
Environment
Litter and plastic monitoring in the Indian marine environment: A review of current research, policies, waste management, and a roadmap for multidisciplinary action
2022
Sanitha K. Sivadas, Pravakar Mishra, T. Kaviarasan, M. Sambandam, K. Dhineka, M.V. Ramana Murthy, Shailesh Nayak, David Sivyer, Danja Hoehn
Coastal
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India
|
Monsoon
|
policies
|
Transport
|
Waste management
Environment
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
|
freshwater pollution
|
marine pollution
|
Microplastics
|
Plastic pollution
|
Waste management
Environment
Tides of Plastic: Using International Environmental Law to Reduce Marine Plastic Pollution
2022
McKayla McMahon
Australia
|
Commitment and accountabillity
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Germany
|
international environmental law
|
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
|
Marine anthropogenic litter
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Participatory research
|
Plastic pollution
|
Policy
|
Public engagement
|
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
|
Mask
|
Mediterranean
|
Microplastics
|
Morocco
|
Plastic pollution
Environment
Plastic pollution in the Arctic
2022
Melanie Bergmann, France Collard, Joan Fabres, Geir W. Gabrielsen, Jennifer F. Provencher, Chelsea M. Rochman, Erik van Sebille & Mine B. Tekman
aquatic systems
|
Artic Plastic debris
|
Canada
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Finland
|
Greenland
|
Iceland
|
Microplastics
|
Norway
|
Russia
|
Sweden
|
terrestrial environment
|
United States of America
Environment
Marine plastics in Mediterranean islands: Evaluating the distribution and composition of plastic pollution in the surface waters along four islands of the Western Sea Basin
2022
V. Fagiano, M. Compa, C. Alomar, K. García-Marcos, S. Deudero
Balearic Islands
|
Columbretes Island
|
Floating plastics
|
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
|
Parque Nacional Marítimo-Terrestre del Archipiélago de Cabrera
|
Western mediteranean seas
Environment
Plastic pollution pathways from marine aquaculture practices and potential solutions for the North-East Atlantic region
2022
Maggie Skirtun, Matthias Sandra, Wouter Jan Strietman, Sander W.K. van den Burg, Fien De Raedemaecker, Lisa I. Devriese
Environment
The past, present, and future of plastic pollution
2022
Allan T. Williams, Nelson Rangel-Buitrago
circular economy
|
economic instruments
|
Extended producer responsibility
|
Litter
|
plastics
|
product design
Environment
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
|
Jakarta
|
Plastic litter
|
Plastic pollution
|
River
|
Surface water
Environment
Marine Plastic Pollution: Chemical aspects and possible solutions
2021
Hideshige Takada, Misaki Koro & Charita S. Kwan
Additive
|
Anthropocene
|
Endocrine disrupting additives
|
Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs)
|
marine plastic pollution
|
Microplastics
|
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
|
POPs
|
Sediment
Environment
Deconstructing the Plastic Soup, Chapter 3 from the Book ‘Plastics and the Ocean: Origin, Characterization, Fate, and Impacts’
2022
Anna Schwarz, Tim van Emmerik; Book Editor: Anthony L. Andrady
Approaches for studying marine plastic pollution
|
bridge method—feedback between methodologies
|
emission source
|
plastic pollution assessment
|
polder method—a universal plastic pollution model
|
the ferry method—input–output data sharing
Environment
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
|
Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME)
|
Central America
|
Marine debris
|
Marine litter
|
Microplastics
|
Plastic pollution
|
several Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
|
South America
Environment
Tracking the exposure of a pelagic seabird to marine plastic pollution
2022
Gabriela S Blanco, Mariano H. Tonini, Luciana Gallo, Giacomo Dell'Omo, Flavio Quintana
Argentine continental shelf
|
Lagrangian simulation
|
Marine debris circulation
|
marine plastic pollution
|
Patagonia
|
Southern Giant Petrel
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
|
ecological costs and benefits
|
economic costs
|
Maryland
|
Negros Oriental
|
Philippines
|
Plastic pollution
|
social costs
|
United States of America
Environment
Impact of coronavirus pandemic litters on microfiber pollution—effect of personal protective equipment and disposable face masks
2022
R. Rathinamoorthy and S. Raja Balasaraswathi
Corona virus
|
COVID-19
|
face masks
|
littering
|
litters
|
microfiber pollution
|
pandemic
|
personal protective equipment
Environment
Spoilt – Ocean Cleanup: Alternative logistics chains to accommodate plastic waste recycling: An economic evaluation
2020
Andreas van Giezen and Bart Wiegmans
Economical Logistics
|
Ocean cleanup
|
plastic waste recycling
|
Sustainable logistics
Environment
Understanding the gap between formal and informal e-waste recycling facilities in India
2021
Deblina Dutta and Sudha Goel
authorized
|
Delhi
|
Dismantling
|
e-waste recycling
|
Gold
|
health hazard
|
India
|
Informal e-waste recycling
|
Installed
|
Installed capacity
|
Karnataka
|
Maharashtra
|
metal recovery
|
West Bengal
Environment
Estimation of the generation rate of different types of plastic wastes and possible revenue recovery from informal recycling
2018
Atul Kumar, S. R. Samadder, Nitin Kumar, Chandrakant Singh
Dhanbad
|
India
|
Informal-recyclers
|
Machine learning
|
plastic waste generation rate
|
recycling
|
socioeconomic groups
Environment
Chronic exposure to heavy metals from informal e-waste recycling plants and children’s attention, executive function and academic performance
2020
Fitria Nurbaidah Soetrisno, Juana Maria Delgado-Saboritac
children
|
Cognitive performance
|
E-waste
|
Heavy metals
|
Indonesia
|
Informal recycling
|
Soil
|
TMT test
|
Water
Environment
Is informal electronic waste recycling a newer source for atmospheric industrial persistent organic pollutants in Indian metropolitan cities?
2019
Balasubramanian Prithiviraj, Paromita Chakraborty
atmospheric
|
India
|
industrial
|
Informal e-waste recycling
|
persistent organic pollutants
|
polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)
|
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
|
Urban hotspots
Environment
Assessment of heavy metal contamination and health risk from indoor dust and air of informal E-waste recycling shops in Dhaka, Bangladesh
2021
Marfua Mowla, Ehsanur Rahman, Nafisa Islam, Nirupam Aich
Bangladesh
|
Dhaka
|
E-waste
|
heavy metal
|
Informal recycling
Environment
IN-DEPTH, Plastic in the Ocean, PLASTIC WASTE IS FLOODING OUR OCEANS. IT’S NOW MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER TO REDUCE OUR PLASTIC FOOTPRINT WORLDWIDE
2019
Lorin Hancock, World Wildlife Magazine
Plastic footprint
|
Plastic in the Ocean
|
Plastic waste
Environment
What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050
2018
Silpa Kaza, Lisa Yao, Perinaz Bhada-Tata, and Frank Van Woerden With Kremena Ionkova, John Morton, Renan Alberto Poveda, Maria Sarraf, Fuad Malkawi, A.S. Harinath, Farouk Banna, Gyongshim An, Haruka Imoto, and Daniel Levine, World Bank Group
Plastic waste Management
|
policy makers
|
practitioners
|
urban development
|
Waste management
|
World Bank Group
Environment
Disease-Causing Parasites May Hitch a Ride on Plastics and Spread in the Sea
2022
Karen Shapiro and Emma Zhang
biofilms
|
Disease causing parasites
|
Microplastics
|
Pathogen
|
Sea
Environment
ALLIANCE TO END PLASTIC WASTE PROGRESS REPORT 2021
2021
Alliance In Action
Alliance In Action
|
Education
|
Engagement
|
Infrastructure
|
Innovation
Environment
Scientists call for cap on production to end plastic pollution
2022
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
end plastic pollution
|
global treaty on plastic pollution
|
phasing out new plastics
Environment
Common Single-Use Consumer Plastic Products Release Trillions of Sub-100 nm Nanoparticles per Liter into Water during Normal Use
2022
Christopher D. Zangmeister, James G Radney, Kurt D Benkstein and Berc Kalnyan
aerosol
|
consumer goods
|
human consumption
|
Nanoplastics
|
Water
Environment
Discovery and quantification of plastic particle pollution in human blood
2022
Heather A. Leslie, Martin J.M. van Velzen, Sicco H. Brandsma, A. Dick Vethaak, Juan J. Garcia-Vallejo, Marja H. Lamoree,
Blood
|
Human whole blood
|
Microplastics
|
Nanoplastic
|
Netherlands
Environment
Plasticenta: First evidence of microplastics in human placenta
2021
Antonio Ragusa, Alessandro Svelato, Criselda Santacroce, Piera Catalano, Valentina Notarstefano, Oliana Carnevali, Fabrizio Papa, Mauro Ciro Antonio Rongioletti, Federico Baiocco, Simonetta Draghi, Elisabetta D'Amore, Denise Rinaldo, Maria Matta, Elisabetta Giorgini
Human placenta
|
Italy
|
Microplastics
|
Raman microspectroscopy
Environment
A review of research on marine plastics in Southeast Asia: Who does what?
2019
Youna Lyons, Theresa Linting Su and Mei Lin Neo
ASEAN
|
Brunei Darussalam
|
Cambodia
|
Indonesia
|
Lao PDR
|
Malaysia
|
Marine plastics
|
Myanmar
|
Philippines
|
Singapore
|
Southeast Asia
|
Thailand
|
Vietnam
Environment
Estimating marine plastic pollution from COVID-19 face masks in coastal regions
2021
Hemal Chowdhury, Tamal Chowdhury, Sadiq M. Sait
Coastal regions
|
COVID-19
|
Microplastic pollution
|
Ocean
|
Waste management
Environment
Micro-plastic pollution along the Bay of Bengal coastal stretch of Tamil Nadu, South India
2021
T. G. Sunitha, V. Monisha, S. Sivanesan, M. Vasanthy, M. Prabhakaran, K. Omine, V. Sivasankar, A. Darchen
Bay of Bengal
|
India
|
Marina beach
|
Microplastics
|
Microscopic quantification
|
SEM/EDS
|
South India
|
Tamil Nadu
Environment
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
|
Andamans
|
Fish landing centres
|
India
|
Marine debris
|
Plastic pollution
Environment
Assessment of marine microplastics in floating plastic debris using a fixed sampling device: the example of South Juhu creek, Mumbai coast, India
2021
S. Manickavasagam, S. P. Shukla, Saurav Kumar, Kundan Kumar and Rathi Bhuvaneswari
India
|
macroplastics
|
Marine microplastics
|
megaplastics
|
Microplastic analysis
|
Mumbai coast
|
South Juhu creek
Environment
A comprehensive review on assessment of plastic debris in aquatic environment and its prevalence in fishes and other aquatic animals in India
2021
Ishrat Vasi Shaikh, Vasi Ahmed Ibrahim Shaikh
Aquatic environment
|
Biota
|
Ecotoxicity
|
India
|
microplastic
|
Plastic debris
Environment
The fundamental links between climate change and marine plastic pollution
2022
Helen V. Ford, Nia H. Jones, Andrew J. Davies, Brendan J. Godley, Jenna R. Jambeck, Imogen E. Napper, Coleen C. Suckling, Gareth J. Williams, Lucy C. Woodall, Heather J. Koldewey
Climate Change
|
ecosystems
|
Greenhouse gases
|
Ocean
|
Policy
|
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
|
Ocean
|
Plastic pollution
|
Spatial Distribution
|
Windrow
Environment
Reducing Ocean Plastics – Formative Research leading to Intervention Planning in India
2019
P Sheelanere, R Kumar, S Kumar, J Julian, A Latheef, N Raghunathan, V Vivekanandan, S Chakraborty
Government Private Sector Responses
|
India
|
Indian Ocean
|
plastics
Environment
Assessment of certain Anthropogenic Interventions and their Impacts along the Indian Coastline
2012
P. Kaladharan, K. Vijayakumaran , V. V. Singh , P. S. Asha, Bindu Sulochanan, P. K. Asokan , K. K. Valsala , S. Veena, L. Jayasankaran and H. M. Bhint
Anthropogenic interventions
|
Coastal anthropogenic activities
|
habitat destruction
|
heavy metal pollution
|
India
|
Indian coast
|
non biodegradable materials
|
plastics
|
sand mining
|
sewage disposal
Environment
Plastic Debris in the Ocean: The Characterization of Marine Plastics and their Environmental Impacts, Situation Analysis Report
2014
Thevenon, F., Carroll C., Sousa J. (editors)
environmental impacts
|
Marine plastics
|
Ocean
|
Plastic debris
|
Situational Analysis
Environment
Breaking plastic wave : A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF PATHWAYS TOWARDS STOPPING OCEAN PLASTIC POLLUTION
2020
PEW Charitable Trust, SYSTEMIQ
circular economy
|
Government policies
|
Ocean plastics
|
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
|
Estuarine
|
exposure
|
Mangrove
|
Mangroves
|
Plastic pollution
|
River source
|
river-borne plastic pollution
|
Wave/tide
Environment
MARINE DEBRIS: UNDERSTANDING, PREVENTING AND MITIGATING THE SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACTS ON MARINE AND COASTAL BIODIVERSITY
2016
Secretariat of the Convention of Biological diversity
Coastal Biodiversity
|
Impact
|
Management tools
|
Marine debris
|
Modelling
|
Prevention and mitigation
Environment
MARINE PLASTIC POLLUTION: ISSUES BRIEF, IUCN
2021
IUCN
Human Health
|
IUCN
|
marine plastic pollution
|
Sustainable Development
Environment
Improving Resource Efficency to Combat Marine Plastic Litter
2019
OECD
marine plastic pollution
|
Resource Efficency
|
solutions
Environment
From Pollution to Solution: a global assessment of marine litter and plastic pollution
2022
UNEP
ecosystems
|
humans
|
Marine litter
|
Plastic pollution
|
wildlife
Environment
Abundance of non-conservative microplastics in the upper ocean from 1957 to 2066
2019
Isobe, A., Iwasaki, S., Uchida, K. and Tokai T.
Antarctica
|
Japan
|
Microplastic abundance
|
Microplastic survey
|
oceans
|
Pacific Ocean
Environment
Multiple impacts of microplastics can threaten marine habitat-forming species
2021
Cinzia Corinaldesi, Sara Canensi, Antonio Dell’Anno, Michael Tangherlini, Iole Di Capua, Stefano Varrella, Trevor J. Willis, Carlo Cerrano & Roberto Danovaro
Atlantic Ocean
|
marine habitat
|
Mediterranean Sea
|
Microplastics
|
red coral
Environment
Distribution of microplastics in Surabaya River, Indonesia
2020
Prieskarinda Lestari, Yulinah Trihadiningrum, Bagas Ari Wijaya, Khalda Ardelia Yunus, Muhammad Firdaus
Characteristics
|
Distribution
|
Indonesia
|
Microplastics
|
Pollution
|
Surabaya River
Environment
Evaluation of polypropylene plastic degradation and microplastic identification in sediments at Tambak Lorok coastal area, Semarang, Indonesia
2019
Adian Khoironi, Hadiyanto Hadiyanto, Sutrisno Anggoro, Sudarno Sudarno
Indonesia
|
Microplastic Degradation
|
Plastic cup
|
polypropylene
|
Semarang
|
Tambak Lorok coastal area
Environment
Microplastic distribution in surface water and sediment river around slum and industrial area (case study: Ciwalengke River, Majalaya district, Indonesia)
2019
Firdha Cahya Alam, Emenda Sembiring, Barti Setiani Muntalif, Veinardi Suendo
Ciwalengke river
|
Indonesia
|
Majalaya district
|
microplastic
|
Sediment
|
Slum area
|
Textile industry
|
Water
Environment
Spatial and temporal distribution of microplastic in surface water of tropical estuary: Case study in Benoa Bay, Bali, Indonesia
2021
Yulianto Suteja, Agus Saleh Atmadipoera, Etty Riani, I Wayan Nurjaya, Dwiyoga Nugroho, Muhammad Reza Cordova
Bali
|
Benoa Bay
|
Estuary
|
Fragment
|
Indonesia
|
Landfill
|
Marine debris
|
Marine litter
Environment
Microplastic contamination in the Skipjack Tuna (Euthynnus affinis) collected from Southern Coast of Java, Indonesia
2021
Andreas, Tony Hadibarata, Palanivel Sathishkumar, Hafiizh Prasetia, Hikmat, Eka Dian Pusfitasari, Aprilia Nur Tasfiyati, Dian Muzdalifah, Joko Waluyo, Ahmad Randy, Dillani Putri Ramadhaningtyas, Oman Zuas, Ajeng Arum Sari
Fish
|
Indonesia
|
Java
|
marine pollution
|
Microplastics
|
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers
|
Skipjack tuna
Environment
Differential enrichment and physiological impacts of ingested microplastics in scleractinian corals in situ
2020
Jia Tang, Zhongjie Wu, Lu Wan, Wenqi Cai, Shiquan Chen, Xingjuan Wang, Jian Luo, Zhi Zhou, Jianmin Zhao, Senjie Lin
Apoptosis
|
China
|
Hainan Island
|
microplastic
|
Reef-dweller
|
Scleractinian coral
|
Symbiosis
Environment
A probabilistic risk assessment of microplastics in soil ecosystems
2020
O. Jacques, R.S. Prosser
Plants
|
polyethylene
|
polypropylene
|
Soil invertebrates
|
Soil microbial community
Environment
Effects of microplastics on the functional traits of aquatic benthic organisms: A global-scale meta-analysis
2021
M. Berlino, M.C. Mangano, C. De Vittor, G. Sarà
benthic organisms
|
ecological level
|
freshwater marine
|
functional traits
|
meta-analysis
|
Microplastics
Environment
Plastics in the Pacific: Assessing risk from ocean debris for marine birds in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem
2020
Thomas P. Good, Jameal F. Samhouri, Blake E. Feist, Chris Wilcox, Jaime Jahncke
California
|
California Current Large Marine Ecosystem
|
ExposureSensitivity
|
Marine birds
|
Pacific
|
Plastic
|
Risk Assessment
Environment
Polystyrene nanoplastics cause growth inhibition, morphological damage and physiological disturbance in the marine microalga Platymonas helgolandica
2020
Shuyu Wang, Minhao Liu, Jinman Wang, Jingshan Huang, Jun Wang
Growth inhibition
|
Morphological changes
|
Photosynthetic efficiency
|
Platymonas helgolandica
|
Polystyrene nanoplastics
Environment
Evidence of microplastics in wetlands: Extraction and quantification in Freshwater and coastal ecosystems
2021
Rakesh Kumar, Prabhakar Sharma, Somnath Bandyopadhyay
Coastal
|
Density separation
|
Freshwater
|
Microplastic pollution
|
Wetland
Environment
The impacts of polyethylene terephthalate microplastics (mPETs) on ecosystem functionality in marine sediment
2020
Yuxi You, Simon F. Thrush, Julie A. Hope
Bioturbation
|
Canonical principle of coordinate analysis
|
Ecosystem functions
|
Macomona liliana
|
Microplastics
Environment
Holistic assessment of microplastics in various coastal environmental matrices, southwest coast of India
2019
R. S. Robin, R. Karthik, R. Purvaja, D. Ganguly, I. Anandavelu, M. Mugilarasan, R. Ramesh
Beach sediment
|
Coastal water
|
Fish
|
India
|
Kerala
|
Metal concentration
|
Microplastics
Environment
Characterization and distribution of microplastics and plastic debris along Silver Beach, Southern India
2020
A.Vidyasakar, S.Krishnakumar, K.Kasilingam, K.Neelavannan, V. Arun Bharathi, Prince S.Godson, K.Prabha, N.S.Magesh
FTIR
|
Gadilam river
|
India
|
Microplastics
|
Plastic debris
|
Silver beach
Environment
Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly accumulating plastic
2018
L. Lebreton, B. Slat, F. Ferrari, B. Sainte-Rose, J. Aitken, R. Marthouse, S. Hajbane, S. Cunsolo, A. Schwarz, A. Levivier, K. Noble, P. Debeljak, H. Maral, R. Schoeneich-Argent, R. Brambini and J. Reisser
California
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Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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Hawaii
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marine pollution
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Ocean Plastic
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Pacific Ocean
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2020
Seeley, M.E., Song, B., Passie, R. and Hale, R.C.
ecological effects
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microbes
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Microplastics
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nitrogen cycling
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U.S.A.
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Plastic waste interferes with chemical communication in aquatic ecosystems
2019
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Germany
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HDPE
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PET
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Plastic waste
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Indonesia Marine Debris Hotspots Rapid Assessment – Synthesis Report
2018
World Bank
Indonesia
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Marine debris hotspots
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Marine plastic survey
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rapid assessment
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2020
Phelan A, Ross H, Setianto NA, Fielding K, Pradipta L
Indonesia
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marine ecosystems
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Marine plastic
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Sulawesi
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India
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Kochi
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microplastic ingestion
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microplastics in India
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Pelagic ecosystem
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south eastern Arabian Sea
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India
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Indian coastal pollution
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Microplastics
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pollution load index
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polymer hazard index
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potential ecological risk index
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sediments
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Riverine plastic pollution from fisheries: Insights from the Ganges River system
2021
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Abandoned lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG)
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Bangladesh
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Biodiversity threat assessment
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Entanglement
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freshwater turtle
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Ganges river dolphin
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India
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otter
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Pollution from fisheries
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River catchments
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Riverine Plastic Pollution
Environment
Microplastic pollution in Vembanad Lake, Kerala, India: The first report of microplastics in lake and estuarine sediments in India
2016
Sruthy, Shini & Ramasamy, E.V.
Emerging pollutant
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India
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Kerala
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Micro Raman spectroscopy
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Microplastics
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Plastic debris
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Ramsar site
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Vembanad Lake
Environment
Prevalence of marine litter along the Indian beaches: A preliminary account on its status and composition
2017
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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
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Ingestion
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Karnataka
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Kerala
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Lakshadweep
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Maharashtra
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Odisha
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Plastic pollution
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Tamil Nadu
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West Bengal
Environment
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