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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 2000351 |
| Journal | Macromolecular Rapid Communications |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 18 |
| Early online date | 6 Sept 2020 |
| Publication status | Published - 22 Sept 2020 |
Abstract
Polymers and plastics play a very important part in the modern world and contribute to people's wellbeing and comfort. However, products made of them are contributing to land- and marine-based environmental pollution due to littering and other ways of emission, and therefore threaten ecosystems worldwide. However, waste management and responses by governments and the consumer differ strongly from country to country. The current article provides an overview of several important aspects of polymer waste and plastic pollution as well as describes selected strategies to mitigate these using examples from Germany and Australia, and therefore aims to contribute to the resolution of the ever-increasing problem of unsustainable plastic consumption, disposal, and pollution.
Keywords
- environment, plastics, polymers, UN sustainable development goals, wastes
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Materials Science(all)
- Polymers and Plastics
- Chemistry(all)
- Organic Chemistry
- Materials Science(all)
- Materials Chemistry
Sustainable Development Goals
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In: Macromolecular Rapid Communications, Vol. 41, No. 18, 2000351, 22.09.2020.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Plastics and the Environment—Current Status and Challenges in Germany and Australia
AU - Wurm, Frederik R.
AU - Spierling, Sebastian
AU - Endres, Hans Josef
AU - Barner, Leonie
N1 - Funding Information: The authors thank Katharina Maisenbacher (MPIP) for graphical assistance. L.B. acknowledges continued financial support from the Queensland University of Technology and funding for the Centre for a Waste‐Free World.
PY - 2020/9/22
Y1 - 2020/9/22
N2 - Polymers and plastics play a very important part in the modern world and contribute to people's wellbeing and comfort. However, products made of them are contributing to land- and marine-based environmental pollution due to littering and other ways of emission, and therefore threaten ecosystems worldwide. However, waste management and responses by governments and the consumer differ strongly from country to country. The current article provides an overview of several important aspects of polymer waste and plastic pollution as well as describes selected strategies to mitigate these using examples from Germany and Australia, and therefore aims to contribute to the resolution of the ever-increasing problem of unsustainable plastic consumption, disposal, and pollution.
AB - Polymers and plastics play a very important part in the modern world and contribute to people's wellbeing and comfort. However, products made of them are contributing to land- and marine-based environmental pollution due to littering and other ways of emission, and therefore threaten ecosystems worldwide. However, waste management and responses by governments and the consumer differ strongly from country to country. The current article provides an overview of several important aspects of polymer waste and plastic pollution as well as describes selected strategies to mitigate these using examples from Germany and Australia, and therefore aims to contribute to the resolution of the ever-increasing problem of unsustainable plastic consumption, disposal, and pollution.
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DO - 10.1002/marc.202000351
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