Plastic pollution in the Arctic

M Bergmann, F Collard, J Fabres… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Plastic pollution is now pervasive in the Arctic, even in areas with no apparent human
activity, such as the deep seafloor. In this Review, we describe the sources and impacts of …

Plastic waste as pyrolysis feedstock for plastic oil production: a review

SH Chang - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
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 …

Can we quantify the aquatic environmental plastic load from aquaculture?

Y Tian, Z Yang, X Yu, Z Jia, M Rosso, S Dedman, J Zhu… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Aquaculture provides livelihoods for hundreds of millions of people, but it also forms a
significant source of plastic litter that poses a serious hazard to aquatic ecosystems. How to …

[图书][B] Discard studies: Wasting, systems, and power

M Liboiron, J Lepawsky - 2022 - books.google.com
An argument that social, political, and economic systems maintain power by discarding
certain people, places, and things. Discard studies is an emerging field that looks at waste …

[HTML][HTML] Biodegradation of polystyrene (PS) by marine bacteria in mangrove ecosystem

R Liu, S Zhao, B Zhang, G Li, X Fu, P Yan… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastics pollution poses a new threat to marine ecosystems. Mangrove locating at estuary
worldwide is probably the most heavily polluted area trapping various plastics transported …

[HTML][HTML] Plastic occurrence, sources, and impacts in Antarctic environment and biota

G Caruso, E Bergami, N Singh, I Corsi - Water Biology and Security, 2022 - Elsevier
Several studies have documented that plastic pollution is affecting one of the most remote
and pristine regions of our planet, Antarctica. Plastics of different size and polymeric …

[HTML][HTML] Plastic ingestion by Arctic fauna: a review

F Collard, A Ask - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The distribution of marine plastic litter is unequal around the world, some areas being more
polluted. Given that the Arctic is not a highly populated area, very low levels of plastics are …

Plastic debris forms: Rock analogues emerging from marine pollution

FA Santos, GR Diório, CCF Guedes, G Fernandino… - Marine pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
Continuous input of plastic litter in ocean and coastal environments achieved alarming
levels that are exposing new settings in natural systems. While novel plastic debris pollution …

[HTML][HTML] Cryosphere as a temporal sink and source of microplastics in the Arctic region

Y Zhang, T Gao, S Kang, D Allen, Z Wang, X Luo… - Geoscience …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) pollution has become a serious environmental issue of growing global
concern due to the increasing plastic production and usage. Under climate warming, the …

Microplastics: a review of policies and responses

DR Munhoz, P Harkes, N Beriot, J Larreta, OC Basurko - Microplastics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Although (micro) plastic contamination is a worldwide concern, most scientific literature only
restates that issue rather than presenting strategies to cope with it. This critical review …