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Constraints of Conventional Strategies in Managing Plastic Waste and Future Challenges
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Researchers analyzed the shortcomings of conventional plastic waste management strategies — including landfilling, incineration, and mechanical recycling — finding that none adequately address the scale and complexity of global plastic pollution, and called for more innovative and integrated approaches.
In recent years, managing plastic garbage has become one of the most important environmental challenges. Conventional approaches that have been used to solve this issue have run across a number of obstacles that have reduced their efficacy in reducing plastic...
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