[HTML][HTML] Waste to energy: Trending key challenges and current technologies in waste plastic management

SSV Vuppaladadiyam, AK Vuppaladadiyam… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to the 'forever'degrading nature of plastic waste, plastic waste management is often
complicated. The applications of plastic are ubiquitous and inevitable in many scenarios …

Gross negligence: impacts of microplastics and plastic leachates on phytoplankton community and ecosystem dynamics

C Amaneesh, S Anna Balan, PS Silpa… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Plastic debris is an established environmental menace affecting aquatic systems globally.
Recently, microplastics (MP) and plastic leachates (PL) have been detected in vital human …

[HTML][HTML] Organic chemicals associated with rubber are more toxic to marine algae and bacteria than those of thermoplastics

L Sørensen, T Gomes, A Igartua, IL Lyngstad… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
The current study investigated the chemical complexity of fifty plastic (36) and
elastomer/rubber (14) methanol extracts from consumer products, focusing on the …

Microplastics and nanoplastics toxicity assays: A revision towards to environmental-relevance in water environment

O Pencik, M Durdakova, K Molnarova… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastic pollution poses a serious risk to the oceans, freshwater ecosystems, and land-based
agricultural production. Most plastic waste enters rivers and then reaches the oceans, where …

A regression analysis on steam gasification of polyvinyl chloride waste for an efficient and environmentally sustainable process

R Hasanzadeh, RM Abdalrahman - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Over the last few years, researchers have shown a growing interest in polyvinyl chloride
(PVC) gasification and have conducted several studies to evaluate and enhance the …

The toxicity of microplastics and their leachates to embryonic development of the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus

H Wang, H Liu, Y Zhang, L Zhang, Q Wang… - Marine Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastic pollution has been widely detected across the global ocean, posing a major
threat to a wide variety of marine biota. To date, the deleterious impacts of microplastics …

A whale of a plastic tale: A plea for interdisciplinary studies to tackle micro-and nanoplastic pollution in the marine realm

L Seuront, GI Zardi, M Uguen, VMP Bouchet… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Plastic is one of the most ubiquitous sources of both contamination and pollution of the
Anthropocene, and accumulates virtually everywhere on the planet. As such, plastic …

Microplastic leachates disrupt the chemotactic and chemokinetic behaviours of an ecosystem engineer (Mytilus edulis)

M Uguen, KR Nicastro, GI Zardi, SM Gaudron… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The massive contamination of the environment by plastics is an increasing global scientific
and societal concern. Knowing whether and how these pollutants affect the behaviour of …

Effect of operating parameters on monomer production from depolymerization of waste polyethylene terephthalate in supercritical ethanol

M Yan, Y Yang, T Shen, N Grisdanurak… - Process Safety and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Waste plastic presents a high risk for environment and ecosystem, and it is essential to
recycle the discarded plastic. In this study, supercritical ethanol depolymerization (SCED) is …

[HTML][HTML] Ecotoxicity of plastic leachates on aquatic plants: Multi-factor multi-effect meta-analysis

S Gao, G Huang, D Han - Water Research, 2025 - Elsevier
Despite heightened awareness of plastic contamination, a comprehensive understanding of
the ecotoxicity of plastic leachates remains challenging due to discrepancies in previous …