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An Innovative Method to Identify Chemical Content of Building Materials and Implications for Global Plastic Pollution Reduction
Summary
This study developed an innovative chemical identification method for plastic content in building materials, providing quantitative data relevant to reducing the construction sector's contribution to global plastic pollution — the second largest after packaging. Identifying and substituting plastics in building materials is important for reducing microplastic generation from construction and demolition waste, which weathers into particles that contaminate urban soils and waterways.
Plastic pollution is transgressing planetary boundaries that maintain the safe operating space for humanity. The building and construction sector is the second largest user of plastics after packaging but has...