Face masks are an indispensable low-cost public healthcare necessity for containing viral
transmission. After the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) became a pandemic, there was an …

Plastics have formed an indispensable component of virtually every consumer good.
However, they have also contributed substantially to contamination of the marine …

The increased municipal solid waste generation poses ponderous pressure on the
economy, environment, and public health. The current waste treatment process has multiple …

Austria must recycle more packaging materials. Especially for plastic packaging waste,
significant increases are necessary to reach the EU recycling targets for 2025 and 2030. In …

Plastic is a popular packaging material, but also criticized as a symbol for the make‐use‐
dispose economy because of its short lifespan, its dependency on fossil fuels, and its …

Waste management aims to protect human health and the environment by reducing adverse
impacts associated with waste generation and treatment. Nevertheless, waste management …

This paper explores capacities, benefits and potential for a circular economy on waste
plastic beverage containers in Hong Kong. Regarding existing circular capacities, we show …

About 60% of plastic packaging in Sweden ends up in mixed municipal solid waste (MSW),
which is incinerated with energy recovery. This status quo presents a missed opportunity to …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Plastic waste in Indonesia increased significantly
during the Covid-19 pandemic. With this surge in plastic consumption and waste, awareness …

The low recycling rate of post-consumer plastic packaging waste (PPW), which is partly due
to insufficient separate collection, heterogeneous composition and high levels of …