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Review
. 2023 Mar 6:1-18.
doi: 10.1007/s42768-023-00134-6. Online ahead of print.

Plastic waste management for sustainable environment: techniques and approaches

Prashant Pandey  1 , Manisha Dhiman  2 , Ankur Kansal  1 , Sarada Prasannan Subudhi  1
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Review

Plastic waste management for sustainable environment: techniques and approaches

Prashant Pandey et al. Waste Dispos Sustain Energy. .

Abstract

Excessive exploitation, negligence, non-degradable nature, and physical and chemical properties of plastic waste have resulted in a massive pollution load into the environment. Consequently, plastic entres the food chain and can cause serious health issues in aquatic animals and humans. The present review summarizes currently reported techniques and approaches for the removal of plastic waste. Many techniques, such as adsorption, coagulation, photocatalysis, and microbial degradation, and approaches like reduction, reuse and recycling are potentially in trend and differ from each other in their efficiency and interaction mechanism. Moreover, substantial advantages and challenges associated with these techniques and approaches are highlighted to develop an understanding of the selection of possible ways for a sustainable future. Nevertheless, in addition to the reduction of plastic waste from the ecosystem, many alternative opportunities have also been explored to cash plastic waste. These fields include the synthesis of adsorbents for the removal of pollutants from aqueous and gaseous stream, their utility in clothing, waste to energy and fuel and in construction (road making). Substantial evidence can be observed in the reduction of plastic pollution from various ecosystems. In addition, it is important to develop an understanding of factors that need to be emphasized while considering alternative approaches and opportunities to cash plastic waste (like adsorbent, clothing, waste to energy and fuel). The thrust of this review is to provide readers with a comprehensive overview of the development status of techniques and approaches to overcome the global issue of plastic pollution and the outlook on the exploitation of this waste as resources.

Keywords: Adsorption; Climate change; Coagulation; Photocatalysis; Plastic waste; Recycling; Reduction; Reuse.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interestThe authors declare no potential conflict of interest regarding the publication of this work. In addition, ethical issues including plagiarism, informed consent, misconduct, data fabrication and/or falsification, double publication and/or submission, and redundancy have been completely witnessed by the authors.

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Illustration presents improper disposal and leakage of plastic after its utility is over and their impact
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Environmental Performance Index (EPI)- 11 issues and 32 indicators to which plastic waste pollution has a significant impact
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Presence of plastic waste in the environment with serious impact on the environment and various techniques and approaches to get rid of the plastic load
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Use 25% area to show the minimum usage of plastic products and their negative impact on human health and the environment
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