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Sustainable Development Goals and Analytical Chemistry

This review examines the role analytical chemistry plays in advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, highlighting how chemical measurement and monitoring underpin progress in water quality, food safety, environmental protection, and health. The authors argue for greater integration of analytical science into SDG frameworks and policy.

2023 Brazilian Journal of Analytical Chemistry
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Blue Economy in Malaysia: An Endeavour of Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

This review examined Malaysia's progress toward sustainable blue economy development and achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals related to ocean health. It identified gaps in policy implementation and research coverage, including limited data on marine plastic pollution in Malaysian waters. The paper calls for stronger institutional frameworks to protect coastal and marine environments while supporting economic growth.

2022 International Journal of Academic Research in Economics and Management Sciences 5 citations
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Sustainable Development Issues in Chemistry Learning as Educational for Sustainable Development Implementation: A Systematic Literature Review

This systematic literature review synthesized research on integrating sustainable development issues into chemistry education. While not directly about microplastics, it identified microplastic pollution as one of the sustainability topics being incorporated into chemistry curricula to help students understand real-world environmental challenges.

2026 Jurnal Pendidikan Matematika dan Sains
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The Future of Chemical Sciences is Sustainable

This perspective discusses how chemistry as a discipline must embrace sustainability across environmental, economic, and equity dimensions. Researchers propose a framework of priorities and metrics to help guide chemical sciences toward more sustainable practices. The study highlights the role chemistry plays in addressing global challenges including plastic pollution and the development of greener materials.

2024 Angewandte Chemie International Edition 33 citations
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Effect of community participation on sustainable development: an assessment of sustainability domains in Malaysia

This paper is not relevant to microplastics — it investigates how community participation in coral reef conservation programs affects sustainable development outcomes in Malaysia.

2023 Frontiers in Environmental Science 11 citations
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Perspectives on education for sustainability in chemistry teaching

This review examines perspectives on integrating education for sustainability into chemistry teaching, addressing how unsustainable lifestyles drive climate change, water pollution, and resource depletion. The paper discusses how chemistry educators can align curricula with sustainable development principles to prepare students to meet future societal needs.

2022 Química Nova na Escola 1 citations
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Advancement of Materials to Sustainable & Green World

Not relevant to microplastics — this is an editorial commentary from the International Association for Advanced Materials on sustainable materials science and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

2023 Advanced Materials Letters 10 citations
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Chemistry must respond to the crisis of transgression of planetary boundaries

This paper argued that chemistry as a discipline must urgently respond to the transgression of planetary boundaries, including those related to chemical pollution. The study outlined three steps: understanding the threats from a chemistry perspective, developing sustainable solutions through innovation, and transforming chemistry education and industry toward sustainability and circularity.

2022 Chemical Science 44 citations
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From Molecules to Materials, Devices and Processes: The Chemical Basis of Novel Technologies

This special issue overview presents research contributions from the joint XIII National Congress of AICIng and the II National Congress of the Division of Chemistry for the Technologies of the Italian Chemical Society, connecting molecular chemistry to novel materials, devices, and industrial processes.

2025 Molecules
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Chemicals management approach to sustainable development of materials

This review examines how chemicals management approaches must evolve for sustainable materials development, arguing that planetary boundaries and path-dependent industrial trajectories require rethinking how chemicals including plastics are produced and regulated.

2023 MRS Bulletin 12 citations
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Contents list

This entry is a journal contents list from the Royal Society of Chemistry and does not contain a standalone research study or abstract suitable for summarization.

2025 Analytical Methods
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Contents list

This entry is a journal contents list from the Royal Society of Chemistry and does not contain a standalone research study.

2025 Environmental Science Processes & Impacts
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Contents list

This entry is a journal contents list from the Royal Society of Chemistry and does not contain a standalone research study.

2025 Environmental Science Water Research & Technology
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Contents list

This entry is a journal contents list from the Royal Society of Chemistry and does not contain a standalone research study.

2025 Environmental Science Nano
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Contents list

This entry is a journal contents list from the Royal Society of Chemistry and does not contain a standalone research study or abstract suitable for summarization.

2025 Environmental Science Water Research & Technology
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A Review of Future Household Waste Management for Sustainable Environment in Malaysian Cities

This review investigates the current state and future directions of household waste management in Malaysian cities, focusing on plastic and paper waste challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The study evaluates existing recycling practices and governance frameworks to identify pathways toward smarter and more sustainable municipal solid waste management.

2022 Preprints.org 10 citations
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Towards sustainable environmental chemistry: A comprehensive review

This review traces the evolution of environmental chemistry toward sustainability, covering recent advances in green catalysis, waste valorization, AI-assisted environmental monitoring, carbon capture, and bioremediation as tools for reducing chemical pollution including microplastics.

2025 Journal of Research in Chemistry
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IUPAC’s 2023 Top Ten Emerging Technologies in Chemistry

This article presents the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry's top ten emerging technologies in chemistry for 2023, marking the initiative's fifth anniversary. The selected technologies span areas with potential to make the world more sustainable, including advances relevant to plastic pollution and environmental remediation. The list emphasizes multidisciplinary research as essential for achieving net-zero emissions and the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.

2023 Chemistry International 20 citations
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A review of plastic and microplastic pollution towards the Malaysian marine environment

This review examined plastic and microplastic pollution in the Malaysian marine environment, documenting contamination sources, distribution patterns, and ecological impacts on marine organisms while identifying research gaps and policy recommendations.

2022 IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science 24 citations
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Challenging ChatGPT with Chemistry-Related Subjects

This is a chemistry education paper evaluating ChatGPT's ability to answer complex chemistry questions; it is not a microplastics research paper.

2023 8 citations
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Challenges with microplastic pollution in the regime of UN sustainable development goals

Researchers reviewed the global challenge of microplastic pollution through the lens of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, highlighting how microplastics enter aquatic, terrestrial, and human health systems and how current international frameworks fall short of managing them. The review emphasizes that microplastics can carry and concentrate harmful chemicals like persistent organic pollutants, amplifying their risks throughout the food chain.

2025 World Development Sustainability 34 citations
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Contents list

This entry appears to be a table of contents page from a Royal Society of Chemistry journal rather than a research article — not relevant to microplastics research.

2026 Chemical Communications
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Contents list

This entry represents a contents listing from a Royal Society of Chemistry publication, providing an index of research articles within an issue covering environmental chemistry and microplastic-related research topics.

2025 The Analyst
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High School Sustainable and Green Chemistry: Historical–Epistemological and Pedagogical Considerations

Not relevant to microplastics — this is a chemistry education paper discussing how to better integrate sustainable and green chemistry into high school curricula, tracing the history of the Science, Technology, and Society movement and advocating for systems thinking approaches.

2023 Sustainable Chemistry 11 citations