The plastic pandemic: COVID-19 has accelerated plastic pollution, but there is a cure
Plastic pollution is now present in all areas of our planet, including its last wilderness, Antarctica, and the plastic crisis has further escalated because of COVID-19. The pandemic has caused a significant increase in the global consumption of single-use protective items such as masks and gloves....
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:9304335 2023-05-15T13:37:22+02:00 The plastic pandemic: COVID-19 has accelerated plastic pollution, but there is a cure Rivas, Marga L. Albion, Ingrid Bernal, Blanca Handcock, Rebecca N. Heatwole, Siobhan J. Parrott, Marissa L. Piazza, Kathryn A. Deschaseaux, Elisabeth 2022-11-15 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9304335/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35878850 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157555 en eng Elsevier B.V. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9304335/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35878850 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157555 © 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. Sci Total Environ Discussion Text 2022 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157555 2022-07-31T02:32:22Z Plastic pollution is now present in all areas of our planet, including its last wilderness, Antarctica, and the plastic crisis has further escalated because of COVID-19. The pandemic has caused a significant increase in the global consumption of single-use protective items such as masks and gloves. These and other plastic items add to the suite of plastic pollution issues, from entanglement of wildlife to microplastic bioaccumulation. Given plastics are a major threat facing humans and wildlife, swift action to reduce plastic pollution is urgently needed. Solutions to plastic pollution are within reach. With collective, impactful action we will ensure a better future for our planet and ourselves. Here, we propose several measures for decision-makers to implement to achieve a solution and tackle plastic pollution as a united, global community. Text Antarc* Antarctica PubMed Central (PMC) Science of The Total Environment 847 157555 |
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Plastic pollution is now present in all areas of our planet, including its last wilderness, Antarctica, and the plastic crisis has further escalated because of COVID-19. The pandemic has caused a significant increase in the global consumption of single-use protective items such as masks and gloves. These and other plastic items add to the suite of plastic pollution issues, from entanglement of wildlife to microplastic bioaccumulation. Given plastics are a major threat facing humans and wildlife, swift action to reduce plastic pollution is urgently needed. Solutions to plastic pollution are within reach. With collective, impactful action we will ensure a better future for our planet and ourselves. Here, we propose several measures for decision-makers to implement to achieve a solution and tackle plastic pollution as a united, global community. |
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The plastic pandemic: COVID-19 has accelerated plastic pollution, but there is a cure |
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© 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. |
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