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Plastic Waste: Challenges and Opportunities to Mitigate Pollution and Effective Management
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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 for managing hazardous waste, insufficient infrastructure development for recycling and recovery, and above all, lack of awareness of the rules and regulations are the key factors behind this massive pile of plastic waste. The severity of plastic pollution exerts an adverse effect on the environment and total ecosystem. In this study, a comprehensive analysis of plastic waste generation, as well as its effect on the human being and ecological system, is discussed in terms of source identification with respect to developed and developing countries. A detailed review of the existing waste to energy and product conversion strategies is presented in this study. Moreover, this study sheds light on sustainable waste management procedures and identifies the key challenges to adopting effective measures to minimise the negative impact of plastic waste.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Kibria, M. G., Masuk, N. I., Safayet, R., Nguyen, H. Q., & Mourshed, M.
- Affiliations
- Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (BD)
- University of Da Nang (VN)
- Corresponding author
- Kibria, Md. Golam
- Mourshed, Monjur
- Venue
- International Journal of Environmental Research
- Published
- 2023-01-20
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 20-20
- ISSN
- 1735-6865 (ISSN-L)
- 2008-2304
- PMC
- PMC9857911
- OpenAlex
- W4317566431
- Cited by
- 884
- References
- 159
- Citations by year
- 2026: 239 · 2025: 351 · 2024: 245 · 2023: 49
- FWCI
- 13.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- International Journal of Environmental Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Waste Management and Recycling
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Municipal Solid Waste Management
- Keywords
- plastic waste, plastic pollution, plastic waste management, recycling infrastructure, resource recovery, waste-to-energy, plastic waste generation, source identification, developed and developing countries, sustainable waste management, environmental impact of plastic waste
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