Chemical recycling technologies for PVC waste and PVC-containing plastic waste: A review

L Lu, W Li, Y Cheng, M Liu - Waste Management, 2023 - Elsevier
The extensive production and consumption of plastics has resulted in significant plastic
waste and plastic pollution. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) waste has a high chlorine content and …

Plastics in the time of COVID-19 pandemic: protector or polluter?

N Parashar, S Hait - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has reemphasized the indispensable role of plastics in our daily
life. Plastics in terms of personal protective equipment (PPEs) and other single-use medical …

Plastic waste release caused by COVID-19 and its fate in the global ocean

Y Peng, P Wu, AT Schartup, Y Zhang - Proceedings of the National …, 2021 - pnas.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increased demand for single-use plastics that
intensifies pressure on an already out-of-control global plastic waste problem. While it is …

Microplastic human dietary uptake from 1990 to 2018 grew across 109 major develo** and industrialized countries but can be halved by plastic debris removal

X Zhao, F You - Environmental Science & Technology, 2024 - ACS Publications
Microplastics (MPs), plastic particles smaller than 5 mm, are now a growing environmental
and public health issue, as they are detected pervasively in freshwater and marine …

Plastic waste associated with the COVID-19 pandemic: Crisis or opportunity?

KS Khoo, LY Ho, HR Lim, HY Leong… - Journal of hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Coronavirus Diseases 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has a huge impact on the
plastic waste management in many countries due to the sudden surge of medical waste …

Plastics: friends or foes? The circularity and plastic waste footprint

JJ Klemeš, YV Fan, P Jiang - Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The plastics are becoming one of the most discussed topics in media and research. They
have been branded sometimes as evil, which has to be replaced, in some cases at any cost …

Sustainable consumption and plastic packaging: Relationships among product involvement, perceived marketplace influence and choice behavior

P Kautish, A Paco, P Thaichon - Journal of Retailing and Consumer …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study examines the relationships among human value connotations (instrumental and
terminal), product involvement, perceived marketplace influence, and choice behavior in the …

Understanding choice behavior towards plastic consumption: An emerging market investigation

P Kautish, R Sharma, SK Mangla, F Jabeen… - Resources, Conservation …, 2021 - Elsevier
Globally, plastic production and consumption have led to a large amount of plastic waste.
Plastic solid waste poses a serious menace to the environmental wellbeing. Plastic pollution …

Biomedical waste generation and management during COVID-19 pandemic in India: challenges and possible management strategies

A Dehal, AN Vaidya, AR Kumar - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the massive generation of biomedical waste
(BMW) and plastic waste (PW). This sudden spike in BMW and PW has created challenges …