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Macro and microplastic pollution in Romania: addressing knowledge gaps and potential solutions under the circular economy framework
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This paper identifies knowledge gaps in macro- and microplastic pollution research in Romania and proposes solutions within a circular economy framework, covering issues such as littering rates, agricultural plastic, and freshwater contamination. The authors call for improved monitoring and waste management aligned with EU policy.
Several knowledge gaps are identified and must be covered by future research such as (i) adjusting mismanaged plastic waste levels to regional waste management performances and determining littering rates in urban and rural areas to improve the plastic pollution modeling inputs; (ii) examining plastic pollution associated with landfill sites and waste imports; (iii) assessing the sectoral contributions to macro and microplastic pollution of aquatic environments related to municipalities, tourist destinations, agriculture, etc.; (iv) determining retention levels of plastic in river basins and role of riparian vegetation; (v) analyzing microplastics presence in all types of freshwater environments and interlinkage between macroplastic fragmentation and microplastic; (vi) assessing the plastic loads of transboundary rivers related to mismanagement practices; (vii) determining concentrations of microplastics in air, soil, and other land use ecosystems.
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