[HTML][HTML] Impacts of plastic pollution on ecosystem services, sustainable development goals, and need to focus on circular economy and policy interventions

R Kumar, A Verma, A Shome, R Sinha, S Sinha… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Plastic pollution is ubiquitous in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Plastic waste exposed to
the environment creates problems and is of significant concern for all life forms. Plastic …

Socio-economic sustainability with circular economy—an alternative approach

PK Mukherjee, B Das, PK Bhardwaj, S Tampha… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
As the global population and living standards rise, it pushes the demand for basic amenities
like food, health, and energy resources. Additionally, manufacturing automation has led to …

Demand, services and social aspects of mitigation

F Creutzig, J Roy, P Devine-Wright, J Díaz-José… - 2022 - espace.curtin.edu.au
Assessment of the social science literature and regional case studies reveals how social
norms, culture, and individual choices, interact with infrastructure and other structural …

Implementing the United Nations' sustainable development goals in international business

I Montiel, A Cuervo-Cazurra, J Park… - Journal of …, 2021 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Building on the concept of externalities, we propose an explanation of how multinationals
can contribute to the enactment of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals as …

Evaluating scenarios toward zero plastic pollution

WWY Lau, Y Shiran, RM Bailey, E Cook, MR Stuchtey… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Plastic pollution is a pervasive and growing problem. To estimate the effectiveness of
interventions to reduce plastic pollution, we modeled stocks and flows of municipal solid …

Decarbonization in waste recycling industry using digitalization to promote net-zero emissions and its implications on sustainability

TA Kurniawan, MHD Othman, X Liang, HH Goh… - Journal of environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Digitalization and sustainability have been considered as critical elements in tackling a
growing problem of solid waste in the framework of circular economy (CE). Although …

[HTML][HTML] Recent trends in solid waste management status, challenges, and potential for the future Indian cities–A review

A Kumar, A Agrawal - Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, the exponential population growth, high density of urban areas, diverse
culture, changing food habits, and lifestyles have seen an unresolved problem in terms of …

Environmental and health impacts due to e-waste disposal in China–A review

W Li, V Achal - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
E-waste is discarded and shipped mostly to develo** countries located in Asian continent
for disposal from other developed countries. Especially 70% of the world's e-waste ends up …

A systems thinking approach to understanding the challenges of achieving the circular economy

E Iacovidou, JN Hahladakis, P Purnell - Environmental Science and …, 2021 - Springer
Circular economy (CE) is extensively discussed around the globe. Presently, discussions
are mostly concerned with the importance of achieving CE and the benefits associated …

[HTML][HTML] Retrieving back plastic wastes for conversion to value added petrochemicals: opportunities, challenges and outlooks

M Kumar, S Bolan, LP Padhye, M Konarova, SY Foong… - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastic production and its unplanned management and disposal, has been shown to pollute
terrestrial, aquatic, and atmospheric environments. Petroleum-derived plastics do not …