The world of plastic waste: A review

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Mechanical and chemical recycling of solid plastic waste

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Plastic debris in the open ocean

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Future Scenarios of Global Plastic Waste Generation and Disposal

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A Detailed Review Study on Potential Effects of Microplastics and Additives of Concern on Human Health

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A global inventory of small floating plastic debris

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Plastics of the Future? The Impact of Biodegradable Polymers on the Environment and on Society

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Mechanistic implications of plastic degradation

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Microplastic Moves Pollutants and Additives to Worms, Reducing Functions Linked to Health and Biodiversity

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Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Ecosystem Services, Sustainable Development Goals, and Need to Focus on Circular Economy and Policy Interventions

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Toxic Pollutants from Plastic Waste- A Review

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Biodegradable and compostable alternatives to conventional plastics

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Thermolysis of waste plastics to liquid fuelA suitable method for plastic waste management and manufacture of value added products—A world prospective

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Impacts of Marine Debris: Entanglement of Marine Life in Marine Debris Including a Comprehensive List of Species with Entanglement and Ingestion Records

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Phthalates and human health

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A critical analysis of the biological impacts of plasticizers on wildlife

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Plastic Waste: Challenges and Opportunities to Mitigate Pollution and Effective Management

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Human exposure to bisphenol A

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Plastics in the Earth system

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Seafloor microplastic hotspots controlled by deep-sea circulation

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Simulating human exposure to indoor airborne microplastics using a Breathing Thermal Manikin

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Plastic waste and its management strategies for environmental sustainability

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Methods for polyurethane and polyurethane composites, recycling and recovery: A review

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Plastic pollution in the marine environment

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Biodegradation and Mineralization of Polystyrene by Plastic-Eating Mealworms: Part 1. Chemical and Physical Characterization and Isotopic Tests

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Public and Environmental Health Effects of Plastic Wastes Disposal: A Review

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The chemistry of chemical recycling of solid plastic waste via pyrolysis and gasification: State-of-the-art, challenges, and future directions

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Effects of plastic contamination on water evaporation and desiccation cracking in soil

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Managing Plastic Waste─Sorting, Recycling, Disposal, and Product Redesign

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Phthalates and their impacts on human health

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Reducing marine pollution from single-use plastics (SUPs): A review

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An overview of degradable and biodegradable polyolefins

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The United States’ contribution of plastic waste to land and ocean

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Effect of plastic waste types on pyrolysis liquid oil

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Dispersion, Accumulation, and the Ultimate Fate of Microplastics in Deep-Marine Environments: A Review and Future Directions

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Microbial degradation of low density polyethylene (LDPE): a review

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Airborne microplastics: a review study on method for analysis, occurrence, movement and risks

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Recent Advances in Bioplastics: Application and Biodegradation

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Plastic Debris in the Marine Environment: History and Future Challenges

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Understanding consumers’ behavior intentions towards dealing with the plastic waste: Perspective of a developing country

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Current technologies for plastic waste treatment: A review

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Mangrove forests as traps for marine litter

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Effects of Virgin Micro- and Nanoplastics on Fish: Trends, Meta-Analysis, and Perspectives

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Plastic Waste Management: A Review of Existing Life Cycle Assessment Studies

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Probabilistic Material Flow Analysis of Seven Commodity Plastics in Europe

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Marine Litter: Solutions for a Major Environmental Problem

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A review of microplastic pollution in aquaculture: Sources, effects, removal strategies and prospects

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