The overall project leading to the development of a national strategy for the environmentally sound management of plastic waste in Zimbabwe was funded by the Norwegian Retailers Environment Fund. The data collection for the study presented here and compilation of the publication was made possible due ...
Download PDF Asia-Pacific Plastic Waste Management Market News April 2024: A new initiative, "Mapping Plastic Litter in Mekong Countries and Proposing Innovative Waste Management Solutions," was introduced to combat Southeast Asia's escalating plastic pollution crisis. The project's primary goal is ...
Freshwater plastic pollution is critically understudied in Southeast Asia (SEA). Recent modelling studies indicate that SEA rivers contribute vast quantities of plastic to the world’s oceans, however, these fail to capture the complexity of individual s
Bhattacharya RRN, Chandrasekhar K, Roy P, Khan A (2018a) Challenges and opportunities: plastic waste management in India. The Energy and Resources Institutehttps://www.teriin.org/sites/default/files/2018-06/plastic-waste-management_0.pdf. Accessed 28 May 2021 Bhoot K, Malviya K, Prajapat TK...
(Campanale et al., 2020). At the current rate of plastic waste management, it is projected that the weight of plastics in the ocean would exceed that of fish by 2050 (Ellen MacArthur Foundation, 2017), highlighting the severity and urgency of addressingplastic pollution, which could be ...
E-commerce has also given rise to multiple shopping instances, which were previously non-existent and thus contributed to excessive packaging plastic waste. However, until recently, the e-commerce sector in India has managed to escape the shackles of the plastic waste management legislation and was...
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Shifting to biodegradable and compostable plastics is increasingly being considered as an efficient waste-management alternative4. Although polylactide (PLA) is the most widely used biosourced polymer5, its biodegradation rate under home-compost and soil conditions remains low6,7,8. Here we present ...
The present world is now facing the challenge of proper management and resource recovery of the enormous amount of plastic waste. Lack of technical skills
Given the scale of plastic generation, its persistent presence in the environment, and the urgent need to transition to a net-zero emissions paradigm, managing plastic waste has gained increasing attention globally. Developing an effective strategy for plastic waste management requires a comprehensive as...