Background: Plastics have conveyed great benefits to humanity and made possible some of
the most significant advances of modern civilization in fields as diverse as medicine …

Solid waste generation and its impact on human health and the environment have long
been a matter of concern for governments across the world. In recent years, there has been …

The pervasion of plastic and the inadequacies of the current plastic waste management
processes are the premise of various studies that aimed to find sustainable solutions to the …

Plastic is an incredibly versatile and useful material, however with only a fraction of this
material being collected for recycling, it thus creates a serious environmental issue. Much of …

Commodity plastics such as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene
terephthalate (PET) are some of the common plastic wastes found in municipal wastes. Lack …

The increasing activities in plastics recycling have led to a sprawl of terminology describing
different technologies and technology categorizations. This creates not only linguistic …

Chemical recycling is a promising technology that can help alleviate the environmental
burdens of plastic waste. This paper developed a comprehensive, scenario-based life cycle …

abstract Solid waste and its associated environmental, health and wellbeing impacts and
resource and land availability are becoming increasingly challenging to manage in remote …

Plastics waste is a significant issue in Australia, with plastics waste generation continuing to
grow. Central to the 'circular economy'concept is the flow of waste materials back into …

More than 8 billion tonnes of plastic were produced between 1950 and 2015, that is 1 tonne
for every man, woman and child on our planet. Global plastic production has been growing …