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 …

Turning plastic waste into plastic oil by pyrolysis is one of the promising techniques to
eradicate plastic waste pollution and accelerate the circular economy of plastic materials …

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an unprecedented surge of production,
consumption, and disposal of personal protective equipment (PPE) including face masks …

Plastic pollution is a persistent challenge worldwide with the first reports evidencing its
impact on the living and nonliving components of the environment dating back more than …

Coastal wetlands trap plastics from terrestrial and marine sources, but the stocks of plastics
and their impacts on coastal wetlands are poorly known. We evaluated the stocks, fate, and …

To better understand unexpectedly low plastic loads at the ocean's surface compared with
inputs, unidentified sinks must be located. Here, we present the microplastic (MP) budget for …

Environmental concern has been on the rise in recent years and a proposal for a circular
economy (CE) as a tool for sustainable development has received attention from …

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 …

The crisis facing the world's oceans from plastics is well documented, yet there is little
knowledge of the perspectives, experiences and options of the coastal communities facing …

To date, previous studies have reported the adverse effects of microplastics (MPs) and
nanoplastics (NPs) on both freshwater and marine organisms. However, the information on …