Challenges and emerging solutions to the land-based plastic waste issue in Africa

Marine Policy, Journal Year: 2017, Volume and Issue: 96, P. 256 - 263

Published: Dec. 2, 2017

In recent years, there has been a tremendous increase in work that focuses on the amount and types of waste entering marine environment from multiple geographies around world. To date, however, are few reports about scale coastal oceanic waters Africa. address this knowledge gap, existing information was collated mismanagement can become debris Africa at continental scale. This paper identifying sources seeking solutions to mismanagement. Stories shared opportunities have arisen taking place several countries Finally, impediments success discussed sectors described where investments be made significantly reduce growing global problem.

Language: Английский

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Microbial degradation of microplastics by enzymatic processes: a review

Environmental Chemistry Letters, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 19(4), P. 3057 - 3073

Published: March 3, 2021

Language: Английский

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Bioplastics: Missing link in the era of Microplastics

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 697, P. 134139 - 134139

Published: Aug. 29, 2019

Language: Английский

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Why we need an international agreement on marine plastic pollution

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal Year: 2017, Volume and Issue: 114(38), P. 9994 - 9997

Published: Sept. 19, 2017

Plastic pollution is strewn across beaches and in oceans, bays, estuaries. Tiny particles of plastic debris (often called microplastics) are so pervasive aquatic ecosystems that we find them seafood (1) table salt (2). Marine organisms ingest or entangled by plastic, sometimes with fatal consequences. Research suggests may impact biodiversity, ecosystem services, food security, human health. In short, a global threat. Plastics accumulating the globe at an astounding pace, even remote places like one pictured here—the uninhabited Henderson Island South Pacific. The time ripe for international agreement measurable reduction targets to lessen world’s oceans. Reprinted permission from ref. 19. Despite ubiquity, persistence, cross-boundary nature pollution, stemming it not insurmountable task. Motivation addressing issue building level. initiation oceans. An estimated 4.4–12.7 million metric tons added oceans annually (3). Like many other contaminants (such as greenhouse gases ozone-depleting substances), constrained national boundaries, because migrates via water air currents settles benthic sediments. More than 50% ocean’s area sits beyond jurisdiction, including infamous “garbage patches” oceanic gyres where accumulates. Plastic can affect every level biological organization—altering gene expression, cells tissues, causing death, altering population size community structure (4). Microplastics impair reproduction development (5) alter how species function, disperse, assemble (4, 6). These impacts, combined evidence accelerating production emissions into … [↵][1]2To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: chelsea.rochman{at}utoronto.ca. [1]: #xref-corresp-1-1

Language: Английский

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An analysis of the plastic waste trade and management in Asia

Waste Management, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 119, P. 242 - 253

Published: Oct. 19, 2020

Language: Английский

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