The Minderoo-Monaco commission on plastics and human health

PJ Landrigan, H Raps, M Cropper, C Bald… - Annals of Global …, 2023‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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 …

Contribution of plastic and microplastic to global climate change and their conjoining impacts on the environment-A review

S Sharma, V Sharma, S Chatterjee - Science of the total environment, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Plastics are fossil fuel-derived products. The emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) during
different processes involved in the lifecycle of plastic-related products are a significant threat …

[HTML][HTML] Raman Microspectroscopy evidence of microplastics in human semen

L Montano, E Giorgini, V Notarstefano, T Notari… - Science of the Total …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The presence of microplastics (MPs) in human fluids and organs is a great concern, since,
as highlighted by recent studies on animal models, they could cause alterations of several …

Plastic pollution on the world's coral reefs

HT Pinheiro, C MacDonald, RG Santos, R Ali, A Bobat… - Nature, 2023‏ - nature.com
Coral reefs are losing the capacity to sustain their biological functions. In addition to other
well-known stressors, such as climatic change and overfishing, plastic pollution is an …

[HTML][HTML] Development of sustainable biopolymer-based composites for lightweight applications from agricultural waste biomass: A review

R Phiri, SM Rangappa, S Siengchin, OP Oladijo… - Advanced Industrial and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The exhaustion of available natural resources and rising concerns about the environment
have prompted a growing desire to discover innovative ways to produce environmentally …

Turning food protein waste into sustainable technologies

M Peydayesh, M Bagnani, WL Soon… - Chemical …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
For each kilogram of food protein wasted, between 15 and 750 kg of CO2 end up in the
atmosphere. With this alarming carbon footprint, food protein waste not only contributes to …

[HTML][HTML] Rivers as plastic reservoirs

T Van Emmerik, Y Mellink, R Hauk, K Waldschläger… - Frontiers in …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Land-based plastic waste, carried to the sea through rivers, is considered a main source of
marine plastic pollution. However, most plastics that leak into the environment never make it …

Global transportation of plastics and microplastics: A critical review of pathways and influences

L Su, X **ong, Y Zhang, C Wu, X Xu, C Sun… - Science of the total …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The rapid development of modern society has largely increased the usage of plastic.
Concerns arise when vast amount of plastic waste has been generated and disposed. The …

[HTML][HTML] Marine litter and climate change: Inextricably connected threats to the world's oceans

S Lincoln, B Andrews, SNR Birchenough… - Science of The Total …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The global issues of climate change and marine litter are interlinked and understanding
these connections are key to managing their combined risks to marine biodiversity and …

The critical role of process analysis in chemical recycling and upcycling of waste plastics

SR Nicholson, JE Rorrer, A Singh… - Annual review of …, 2022‏ - annualreviews.org
There is an urgent need for new technologies to enable circularity for synthetic polymers,
spurred by the accumulation of waste plastics in landfills and the environment and the …