Achieving environmental sustainability and transition from a linear economy to a circular
economy (CE) highly relies on effective waste management (WM) and how waste is treated …

Glass is a material inextricably linked with human civilization. It is also the product of an
energy intensive industry. About 75%–85% of the total energy requirements to produce …

The effective treatment of waste to be used as a resource in future has a major role in
achieving environmental sustainability and moving towards circular economy. The current …

Publications on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) continue to increase including the number
of publications on recycling. PET is a versatile material with the ability to be remade from its …

Plastic is an incredibly versatile and useful material, however with only a fraction of this
material being collected for recycling, it thus creates a serious environmental issue. Much of …

Food packaging was not as important in the past as it is now, because the world has more
people but fewer food resources. Food packaging will become more prevalent and go from …

To integrate plastic packaging into circular economy models, end-of-life (EoL) management
is attracting increasing attention. The integration of plastic products into a circular economy …

This study evaluated the chronic toxicity (30 days) of different sizes of polyethylene
terephthalate (PET) microplastics (60–3000 μm) provided alone or in combination with acid …

Mechanical recycling of plastic waste is a common practice in industry and is an
environmental solution to the problem of plastics disposal. In this article, a case study of …

The dependency on nonbiodegradable‐based food packaging, increase in population
growth, and persistent environmental problems are some of the driving forces in considering …