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 …

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are known to be one of the main and most important
sources of microplastics discharge into the environment. Although the occurrence and …

The idea of a circular economy (CE) has gained ground over the past ten years as a means
of addressing sustainable development and getting around the limitations of the current and …

It is widely known that microplastics are present everywhere and they pose certain risks to
the ecosystem and humans which are partly attributed to the leaching of additives and …

In recent decades, the strong global concern on depletion of fossil fuel and the
environmental impact of oil-based compounds has pushed towards more sustainable …

Abstract 3D printing, one of its kinds has been a recent technological trend to fabricate
complex and patterned biomaterial with controlled precision. With the conventional kick-start …

Plastics have become an integral component in agricultural production as mulch films, nets,
storage bins and in many other applications, but their widespread use has led to the …

Phthalates are one of the most widely used plasticizers in polymer products, and they are
increasingly being exposed to people all over the world, generating health concerns …

This article concisely reviews the most recent contributions to the development of
sustainable bio-based polymers with antimicrobial properties. This is because some of the …

Plasticized polyvinyl chloride (PVC) has been widely used in the world. Petroleum-based
plasticizers especially phthalates have been the most common plasticizers used in PVC …