Polymers have become an indispensable part of our daily lives, and today we produce
around 370 MT of plastic per year. Only about 20% of it is being recycled, and the rest, 80 …

Millions of tons of textile waste are landfilled or incinerated in the world every year due to
insufficient recycle value streams and the complex composition of textile end products. The …

Bioplastics are materials that are biobased and/or biodegradable, but not necessarily both.
Concerns about environmental plastic pollution are constantly growing with increasing …

Among global efforts facing plastic pollution, their gradual replacement with alternative
materials has gained strength during the last decade. We identified five stakeholders and …

Marine litter is a global problem. Education has been acclaimed as a potential tool to tackle
this issue, yet, integrative, student-centered, and over weeks studies to raise awareness on …

Plastic is ubiquitous in everyday social practices, and few consumer activities do not involve
its direct or indirect use. Single-use plastic (SUP) based on fossil fuels is particularly …

Post-consumer poly (ethylene terephthalate)(PET) waste disposal is an important task of
modern industry, and the development of new PET-based value added products and …

This work deals with poly (ethylene terephthalate) waste as a precursor to synthesize new
cross-linked poly (ionic liquids)(CLPILs). The newly synthesized CLPILs, VPCT-Cl and …

This study investigated the chemicals extracted from an EPS buoy used in aquaculture,
which were subsequently collected from a recycling center. It was observed that the …

Plastic pollution and climate change are serious and interconnected threats to public and
planetary health, as well as major drivers of global social injustice. Prolific use of plastics in …