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Economic and Life Cycle Assessment of Nanoplastics Remediation Within a One Health Framework
Summary
This paper reviews methods for cleaning up nanoplastics (tiny plastic particles smaller than microplastics) from our environment, looking at which cleanup approaches work best and cost the least, including using bacteria and enzymes to break down the plastic. Since these nanoplastics can move through water, soil, and our food supply—potentially affecting human health—having cost-effective, science-backed strategies to remove them matters for reducing our long-term exposure to this pollution.
This chapter per the authors analyzes economic and life cycle dimensions of nanoplastic remediation through analytical frameworks linking environmental burden remediation efficiency and resource allocation dynamics within One Health systems. Nanoplastic generation pathways environmental transport behavior and cross matrix exposure routes across aquatic terrestrial and food associated environments are examined using life cycle assessment methodologies to identify environmental and economic hotspots associated with remediation deployment. Biotechnological mitigation approaches including microbial degradation pathways and enzyme mediated transformation systems are analyzed alongside computational optimization tools supporting predictive remediation modeling cost efficiency analysis and contaminant forecasting. Integration of ecological risk metrics public health considerations and socioeconomic performance indicators contributes a techno economic perspective for sustainable nanoplastic management environmentally responsive remediation planning and long term exposure mitigation.