[HTML][HTML] A critical review on plastic waste life cycle assessment and management: Challenges, research gaps, and future perspectives

H Jiao, SS Ali, MHM Alsharbaty, T Elsamahy… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The global production and consumption of plastics, as well as their deposition in the
environment, are experiencing exponential growth. In addition, mismanaged plastic waste …

Microplastics as contaminants in Indian environment: a review

M Vaid, K Mehra, A Gupta - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
The increased production and consumption scale of plastic items has led to the generation
of microplastics (MPs), an emerging class of contaminants, in our environment. MPs are …

Groundwater antibiotics and microplastics in a drinking-water source area, northern China: Occurrence, spatial distribution, risk assessment, and correlation

J Shi, Y Dong, Y Shi, T Yin, W He, T An, Y Tang… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, antibiotics and microplastics have both received increasing attention.
However, the contamination and correlation between the two pollutants in the groundwater …

Microplastic pollution in water, sediments and commercial fish species from Ciénaga Grande de Santa Marta lagoon complex, Colombian Caribbean

O Garcés-Ordóñez, JF Saldarriaga-Vélez… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics are emerging pollutants that have been found in different environmental
matrices of marine and coastal ecosystems, where they can generate harmful ecological …

Origination, fate, accumulation, impact, of microplastics in a marine ecosystem and bio/technological approach for remediation: a review

M Narayanan - Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastic's widespread use in everyday life has resulted in massive amounts of plastic waste,
posing a significant environmental burden. Microplastics have been widely dispersed …

[HTML][HTML] A sustainability compass for policy navigation to sustainable food systems

A Hebinck, M Zurek, T Achterbosch, B Forkman… - Global Food …, 2021 - Elsevier
Growing acknowledgement that food systems require transformation, demands
comprehensive sustainability assessments that can support decision-making and …

A review on aquatic impacts of microplastics and its bioremediation aspects

J Jeyavani, A Sibiya, S Shanthini, C Ravi… - Current Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose of review During the nineteenth and twentieth century, production and usage of
plastic material have increased and led to a serious problem for their non-degradable …

Effects of microplastics on physiological performance of marine bivalves, potential impacts, and enlightening the future based on a comparative study

R Mkuye, S Gong, L Zhao, F Masanja… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
This review aims to explore the effects of microplastics and their corresponding additives on
the physiological performances of marine bivalves together with their related genes. We …

Moving towards open data, public access, and information sharing to combat marine plastics pollution in the Philippines and the Southeast Asian region

RC Alindayu II, LOC Licnachan, RL Luzadas… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the consistent tagging of countries in Southeast Asia as among the top polluters of
plastics in the oceans and the increasing local literature documenting the presence and …

Potential use of microbial enzymes for the conversion of plastic waste into value-added products: a viable solution

M Tamoor, NA Samak, Y Jia, MU Mushtaq… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The widespread use of commercial polymers composed of a mixture of polylactic acid and
polyethene terephthalate (PLA-PET) in bottles and other packaging materials has caused a …