Plastic waste: challenges and opportunities to mitigate pollution and effective management

MG Kibria, NI Masuk, R Safayet, HQ Nguyen… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
The present world is now facing the challenge of proper management and resource
recovery of the enormous amount of plastic waste. Lack of technical skills for managing …

Various additive release from microplastics and their toxicity in aquatic environments

Y Yu, M Kumar, S Bolan, LP Padhye, N Bolan, S Li… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Additives may be present in amounts higher than 50% within plastic objects. Additives in
plastics can be gradually released from microplastics (MPs) into the aquatic environment …

Abundance, characteristics, and removal of microplastics in different wastewater treatment plants in a Yangtze River Delta city of China

J Huang, L Wang, J Liu, X Qian, Y Wu - Journal of Water Process …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) have become emerging environmental pollutants worldwide.
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are considered to be the major source and sink of …

Sources and types of plastic caps and properties characterization of plastic ropes produced from different types of plastic caps

MR Shaibur, S Sarwar, B Ambade - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Bangladesh produces massive amounts of plastic products to meet the huge population
demand. Jashore (Bangladesh) is well-known for discarding huge numbers of plastic caps …

Municipal solid waste management: Identification and analysis of technology selection criteria using Fuzzy Delphi and Fuzzy DEMATEL technique

MH Shanta, IA Choudhury, S Salman - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Municipal solid waste management (MSWM) poses a considerable challenge to develo**
countries like Bangladesh because of the rising waste generation rates and lack of effective …

Single and combined effects of secondary polyethylene microplastic on the growth of Pak choi and the soil microbiome composition

J Hu, Z **e, J Zuo - Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering, 2024 - Springer
It has been confirmed that microplastics (MPs) are present in the environment. This study
simulated secondary PE-MPs via aging and mechanical processes to evaluate their effects …

Migration characteristics of microplastics in riparian soils and groundwater

D Cheng, H Liu, W Qian, R Yao, X Wang - Environmental Monitoring and …, 2024 - Springer
Investigations have revealed the presence of microplastics in both soil and groundwater, but
the migration characteristics from soil to groundwater remain incompletely understood. In …

[HTML][HTML] Conversion of PP-type plastic caps to plastic rope and the instruments involved: A case report

S Sarwar, MR Shaibur, F Farzana… - Case Studies in Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Waste plastic caps (PCs) are resources. The objectives were to know the production of
plastic ropes (PRs) from PCs, and to know the name and functions of the instruments …

The silent threat of plastics along the coastal frontiers of Bangladesh: Are we concerned enough?

N Das, GW Chowdhury, AB Siddique, SC Riya… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
Globally plastic pollution is posing a significant threat to the health and integrity of coastal
ecosystems. This study aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of plastic pollution in …

Production and characterization of plastic bricks produced from PET, PP, and HDPE types of plastic wastes

MR Shaibur, S Sarwar, M Alshehri - Physics and Chemistry of the Earth …, 2025 - Elsevier
Plastic is a great problem in Bangladesh. This problem can be solved by producing eco-
friendly plastic bricks (PBs) from the mixture of different percentages of plastic wastes (PWs) …