Marine plastics, circular economy, and artificial intelligence: A comprehensive review of challenges, solutions, and policies

E Kowsari, S Ramakrishna, M Gheibi… - Journal of …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Global plastic production is rapidly increasing, resulting in significant amounts of plastic
entering the marine environment. This makes marine litter one of the most critical …

Foamed polystyrene in the marine environment: sources, additives, transport, behavior, and impacts

A Turner - Environmental Science & Technology, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Foamed polystyrene (PS) that may be either expanded (EPS) or extruded (XPS) is a rigid,
lightweight insulating thermoplastic that has a variety of uses in the consumer, packaging …

Higher concentrations of microplastics in runoff from biosolid-amended croplands than manure-amended croplands

N Naderi Beni, S Karimifard, J Gilley… - … Earth & Environment, 2023‏ - nature.com
Land-applied municipal biosolids, produced from municipal wastewater treatment sludge,
contributes to microplastics contamination in agroecosystems. The impacts of biosolids on …

[HTML][HTML] Unpacking the complexity of the UK plastic packaging value chain: A stakeholder perspective

S Gerassimidou, E Lovat, N Ebner, W You… - Sustainable Production …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The pace to achieving a sustainable plastics economy remains noticeably slow. This could
be due to a lack of understanding of the role and importance of stakeholder dynamics in the …

Stakeholder perspectives on cocoa's living income differential and sustainability trade-offs in Ghana

MA Adams, S Carodenuto - World Development, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Policy responses to balance the trade-offs between nature conservation and socioeconomic
development have recently come to the fore in Ghana–the world's second largest producer …

The use and potential of Q method in environmental planning and management

L Seghezzo, G Sneegas, W Jepson… - Journal of …, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
Stakeholder engagement is critical to bridge gaps between academic knowledge production
and application for environmental resources. Q Methodology, a qualitative and quantitative …

Polystyrene foam as a source and sink of chemicals in the marine environment: an XRF study

A Turner - Chemosphere, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Polystyrene foam (expanded and extruded polystyrene: EPS and XPS, respectively) is a
ubiquitous and pervasive type of marine plastic whose physical properties, transport and …

Different but the same? Comparing drivers and barriers for circular economy innovation systems in wood-and plastic-based industries

D Holzer, C Mair-Bauernfeind, M Kriechbaum… - Circular Economy and …, 2023‏ - Springer
Circular economy is an emerging concept that places an emphasis on strategies (eg,
reduce, reuse, recycle) to decouple resource use from economic growth, minimize waste …

Transdisciplinary research: Can citizen science support effective decision-making for coastal infrastructure management?

S Agnew, K Kopke, OP Power, MDC Troya… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Stakeholder engagement is increasingly recognised as imperative for develo** effective
climate change adaptation policy within the EU, particularly for delivering sustainable …

Good governance practices in Ghana's FLEGT voluntary partnership agreement process: an application of Q methodology

MA Adams, J Kayira, JS Gruber… - … Policy & Planning, 2021‏ - Taylor & Francis
The aim of the European Union Forest Law Enforcement, Governance, and Trade Action
Plan and its Voluntary Partnership Agreements (VPAs) is to tackle illegal logging and trade …