Probabilistic material flow analysis of eight commodity plastics in China: Comparison between 2017 and 2020
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“According to statistics, global plastic manufacturing will reach 367 million tons by 2020 (Chen et al. 2023), and by 2050, the global plastic output is expected to reach 34 billion tons (Petersen and Hubbart 2021).”
- Authors
- Chen, L., Liu, W., Yang, T., & Nowack, B.
- Affiliations
- Peking University (CN)
- Empa (CH)
- Corresponding author
- Liu, WenXin
- Venue
- Resources, Conservation and Recycling
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2023-04
- Volume
- 191
- Pages
- 106880
- ISSN
- 0921-3449 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4320170301
- Cited by
- 51
- References
- 32
- Citations by year
- 2026: 14 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 8
- FWCI
- 3.39
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.dora.lib4ri.ch
- Licence
- Locations
- Resources Conservation and Recycling (publishedVersion)
- DORA Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- National Key Research and Development Program of China (2019YFC1804204)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (41991310)
- China Scholarship Council (202006010148)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
- Keywords
- commodity plastics, plastic waste disposal, plastic packaging, polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate, China
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