From fossil to green chemicals: sustainable pathways and new carbon feedstocks for the global chemical industry

Energy & Environmental Science, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 16(7), С. 2879 - 2909

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2023

Green methanol and green ammonia produced by renewable electricity electricity-based hydrogen become the backbone for a defossilised global chemical industry.

Язык: Английский

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Toxicity assessment of microplastic (MPs); a threat to the ecosystem

Environmental Research, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 234, С. 116523 - 116523

Опубликована: Июль 6, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Microplastic pollution in terrestrial ecosystems: Global implications and sustainable solutions

Journal of Hazardous Materials, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 461, С. 132636 - 132636

Опубликована: Сен. 28, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Mechanisms of polystyrene microplastic degradation by the microbially driven Fenton reaction

Water Research, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 223, С. 118979 - 118979

Опубликована: Авг. 13, 2022

Язык: Английский

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A systematic review on the aging of microplastics and the effects of typical factors in various environmental media

TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 162, С. 117025 - 117025

Опубликована: Март 29, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Recent advances and challenges in sustainable management of plastic waste using biodegradation approach

Bioresource Technology, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 374, С. 128772 - 128772

Опубликована: Март 3, 2023

Versatility and desirable attributes of synthetic plastics have greatly contributed towards their wide applications. However, vast accumulation plastic wastes in environment as a result highly recalcitrant nature has given rise to pollution. Existing strategies alleviating are inadequate, there is pressing need for alternative sustainable approaches tackling In this context, biodegradation emerged environmental-friendly approach handling accumulation, due its milder less energy-intensive conditions. recent years, extensive research effort focused on the identification microorganisms enzymes with plastic-degrading abilities. This review aims provide timely holistic view current status biodegradation, focusing breakthroughs discoveries field. Furthermore, challenges associated discussed, future perspectives continuous advancement highlighted.

Язык: Английский

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Plastic Pollution in Agriculture as a Threat to Food Security, the Ecosystem, and the Environment: An Overview

Agronomy, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 14(3), С. 548 - 548

Опубликована: Март 7, 2024

Plastic products in plant production and protection help farmers increase crop production, enhance food quality, reduce global water use their environmental footprint. Simultaneously, plastic has emerged as a critical ecological issue recent years, its pollution significantly impacted soil, water, plants. Thus, this review examines the multifaceted problems of agriculture risk to security, ecosystem, environment. The study’s objective was present most information on using different agriculture, sources pollution, advantages drawbacks products, strategies for mitigating agriculture. Furthermore, after examining current applications, benefits, adverse effects, risks plants, environment, we addressed requirements technological advancements, regulations, social processes that could contribute our ecosystems. We identified pathways toward more sustainable plastics discussed future research directions.

Язык: Английский

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Microplastic pollution in the marine environment: A review

Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 10, С. 100327 - 100327

Опубликована: Май 1, 2023

The quantity of plastic materials produced worldwide is progressively increasing. For instance, annual global production has increased from 1.5 to 390.7 million metric tons 1950 2021. Meanwhile, inefficient management strategies have resulted in huge waste disposal (i.e., the form macro-, micro-, and nanoplastics) environment a hostile manner. In particular, such uncontrollable discarding paves entrance pollution into as microplastics (μPs) after degradation macroplastics. this respect, marine environments are most typical regions prone μP pollution. These ubiquitous emerging pollutants can also adsorb other pollutants, organic materials, toxic heavy metal ions, pathogens, transfer them living organisms. main theme present study compile information on how affects ecosystem, with particular emphasis following key factors: (i) types sources μPs, particularly those entering sinks; (ii) mechanisms leading μPs' degradation; (iii) poisonous effects μPs biota humans; (iv) fate environment, including their transportation routes deposition modes, (v) recent developments characterization, separation, removal environment. presented here would be practical for developing effective risk plans.

Язык: Английский

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Photocatalysis toward Microplastics Conversion: A Critical Review

ACS Catalysis, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 14(11), С. 8694 - 8719

Опубликована: Май 20, 2024

Microplastics (MPs, particle size < 5 mm) have become increasingly ubiquitous on Earth due to the cleavage and degradation of heavy use plastics. MPs recently been reported be detected in human blood, alveoli, breast milk, embryos, other organs, raising concerns about their environmental risks. Photocatalysis has identified as a potential means for conversion, which utilizes solar energy stimulate semiconductor photocatalyst. However, study photocatalytic conversion is still incubation period. This review overviews current state-of-the-art technologies conversion. Then, fundamental principles, challenges, analytical techniques, evaluation indexes reforming are highlighted. We systematically summarized recent advances key factors influencing performance. Finally, we propose some perspectives developing efficient systems MPs. will provide guideline applying technology MPs, significantly contribute this emerging research field.

Язык: Английский

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Microplastics in terrestrial ecosystem: Exploring the menace to the soil-plant-microbe interactions

TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 174, С. 117667 - 117667

Опубликована: Март 25, 2024

Microplastics (MPs), miniscule plastic particles measuring less than 5 mm in size, have become a concern terrestrial ecosystems, with primarily agricultural and wetland soils being the highest loadings. The adverse effect of MPs might lead to changes physicochemical biological characteristics soil including properties, microbial communities, plants, as well potential or affirmed correlations among them. Therefore, understanding risks effects MPs, particularly within soil-plant-microbe context is challenging subject substantial scientific inquiry. This comprehensive review focused on rhizosphere plant-microbe symbiotic relationships, implications for plant growth ecosystem-level nutrient fluxes. alter community composition, enzymatic activities rhizosphere, influencing availability uptake by plants. These can disrupt interactions, such mycorrhizal associations nitrogen-fixing symbioses, ultimately impacting cycling nutrients ecosystems. Furthermore, we elaborate relationships carrying Future research directions solutions microplastics menace acknowledging combined other contaminants, advanced technologies identification quantification, engineering remediation. knowledge MPs-induced impacts interactions essential generate mitigating actions environmental management conservation.

Язык: Английский

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