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Plastic-to-values: technologies and applications
Summary
This study examines technologies and applications for converting plastic waste into valuable products, addressing plastic debris as an emerging pollutant affecting both land and marine systems globally and exploring pathways to mitigate plastic pollution through value-recovery approaches.
Plastic debris and plastic pollution are the newly emerged pollutants in many regions affecting developed, developing, and undeveloped countries. Not only has the land been affected, but the marine system has also experienced the negative physical and chemical effects from plastic waste (PW). Plastic abatement has become one of the human challenges.
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