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The Environmental Impact of Plastic Waste

Journal of Environmental & Earth Sciences 2020 26 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Boyu Jiang, Jiming Yu, Yihang Liu

Summary

This study developed a multiple regression model to estimate the maximum amount of disposable plastic waste that can be generated without causing further environmental damage, and constructed an environmental safety level evaluation model to assess the impact of plastic waste. The authors identified targets for global waste reduction and analysed how human behaviour, industry, and environmental factors interact in driving plastic pollution.

The pollution caused by disposable plastic products is becoming more and more serious, and “plastic limit” has become a global consensus. This article mainly discusses the pollution problem from the following aspects: Integrate all relevant important indicators to establish a multiple regression model of the maximum amount of disposable plastic waste to estimate the maximum amount of disposable waste in the future without causing further damage to the environment; Establish an environmental safety level evaluation model and analyze the impact of plastic waste on environmental safety; Try to set the lowest level target that can be achieved by global waste at this stage, and conduct correlation analysis on the impact of humans, enterprises, and the environment; Select several countries based on their comprehensive strengths, conduct a comparative analysis of their plastic production, economic strength, and environment, and try to explore their responsibilities.

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