Impacts of plastic pollution on ecosystem services, sustainable development goals, and need to focus on circular economy and policy interventions

R Kumar, A Verma, A Shome, R Sinha, S Sinha… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Plastic pollution is ubiquitous in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Plastic waste exposed to
the environment creates problems and is of significant concern for all life forms. Plastic …

Closing the Loop: Harnessing waste plastics for sustainable asphalt mixtures–A comprehensive review

PK Ashish, A Sreeram, X Xu, P Chandrasekar… - … and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The widespread production and consumption of plastics is a pressing global issue that
requires multifaceted approaches and solutions. In terms of recycling, one of the ways to …

The necessity of justice for a fair, legitimate, and effective treaty on plastic pollution

P Dauvergne - Marine Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
In 2022, states resolved to negotiate by the end of 2024 a legally binding international
instrument to govern the life cycle of plastics, including the prevention of marine pollution …

Plastic Roads in Asia: Current Implementations and Should It Be Considered?

SB Abd Karim, S Norman, S Koting, K Simarani… - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
The rapid economic and industrial growth experienced in the Asian region has significantly
increased waste production, particularly single-use plastic. This surge in waste poses a …

Governing plastics: The power and importance of activism in the global South

P Dauvergne - Environmental Science & Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the past two decades, civil society advocacy to improve plastics governance has been
surging across the global South. This diverse, fragmented, bottom-up advocacy is now a key …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of environmental impacts and reduction opportunities for road infrastructures in India

Y Aryan, AK Dikshit, AM Shinde - Transportation Research Part D: Transport …, 2024 - Elsevier
The present study assessed the environmental impacts from road infrastructures in India and
identified potential of impacts reduction. The construction of flexible pavement had 63 …

Microplastics: The stemming environmental challenge and the quest for the missing mitigation strategies

D Parida, R Sangtani, K Bala - International Biodeterioration & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Repetitious manufacturing, usage and irresponsible disposal trigger the breakdown of
primary and secondary plastics, ending up in aquatic, terrestrial, and pristine locations like …

Emerging transformations in material use and waste practices in the Global South: Plastic-Free and Zero Waste in India

K Conlon - Urban Science, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study uses a qualitative approach to address limitations and blockages to current
plastics reduction via semi-structured interviews with zero waste business practitioners in …

Upcycling of plastic waste in bituminous mixes using dry process: Review of laboratory to field performance

A Singh, A Gupta - Construction and Building Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper comprehensively reviews present research on the potential for repurposing
primary categories of waste plastics. These include Polyethylene Terephthalate (PETE) …

Geoecological analysis of impacts of the use of plastic waste in road construction on the geological environment

OV Kraynyuk, YV Buts, RV Ponomarenko… - Journal of Geology …, 2022 - geology-dnu.dp.ua
Currently, society and industry are developing at a rapid pace, and an increas-ingly serious
problem of the modern world is environmental pollution, requiring recycling and reuse …