plastic pollution has been recognized as a threat to the ecosystem and has become an issue of global concern (Wagner and Reemtsma, 2019). A large percentage of plastics produced are single-use and are released into the natural environment due to poor management, lack of effective recovery metho...
Editorial overview: Plastic pollution and human health: what we know and what we should focus ondoi:10.1016/j.cotox.2021.10.004Silvia FranzellittiAnimal and Environmental Physiology Laboratory, Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (BiGeA), University of Bologna, Ravenna, ...
Understand the definition of pollution. Learn about the types of pollution that affect the environment including physical, chemical, and biological...
Plastic fibers are ubiquitous in daily life with additives incorporated to improve their performance. Only a few restrictions exist for a paucity of common additives, while most of the additives used in textile industry have not been clearly regulated with threshold limits. The production of synthetic...
In addition to landfills, waste can also be disposed of using waste combustors. This involves the burning of municipal waste at extremely high temperatures to reduce waste volume, control bacteria, and sometimes generate electricity.Air pollutionfrom the combustion is sometimes a concern with this ty...
Neonicotinoids are a class of pesticides widely used in different phases of agricultural crops. Similar to other classes of pesticides, they can damage human and environmental health if overused, and can be resistent to degradation. This is especially relevant to insect health, pollination, and aqua...
Most plastics are made of persistent synthetic polymer matrices that contain chemical additives in significant amounts. Millions of tonnes of plastics are produced every year and a significant amount of this plastic enters the marine environment, either
Solving or avoiding the production of these free toxic substances has become an important aspect of green production and use of phenolic resin. Phenolic resin waste, like other plastic waste, has a significant impact on the environment, including visual pollution, land pollution and ecological damage...
A portion of these agro-wastes have been directly released into water bodies, resulting in pollution of aquatic ecosystems [82,91]. The use of animal manures in agriculture can contribute to nutrient pollution, i.e., discharging excessive nutrients such as N and P from manure-amended ...
100% of the material used to manufacture the pallets can be recycled again at the end of their useful life and made into new assets, reducing waste and pollution. Breakthroughs in plastic pallet design, such as the development of nestable pallets, means more empty pallets can be stacked whil...