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Systematic Review Tier 1

Environmental Impact of Plastic Waste: Strategies for Sustainable Management

This systematic review summarizes the environmental and health impacts of plastic waste and evaluates strategies for sustainable management. It highlights that plastic pollution threatens ecosystems and human health through microplastic contamination, and examines approaches like recycling, biodegradable alternatives, and policy interventions to reduce exposure.

2025 International Journal of Integrative Studies (IJIS)
Article Tier 2

Micro Plastic Contamination: A Comprehensive Review of Risks and Sustainable Solutions

This comprehensive review examines the sources, environmental fate, ecological impacts, and potential sustainable solutions for microplastic contamination, summarizing evidence for MP effects on aquatic organisms and discussing physical, chemical, and biological strategies to reduce pollution.

2025 Oriental Journal Of Chemistry
Article Tier 2

Plastic Pollution: Challenges and Innovative Solutions

This review examines the multifaceted challenges of plastic pollution and surveys innovative solutions spanning material design, waste management, and remediation technologies. The paper synthesises current research on microplastic sources, environmental persistence, and emerging approaches to reducing plastic releases into ecosystems.

2024 Environments 1 citations
Article Tier 2

Can We Find a Way to Solve Microplastic Pollution?

This review examines sources, environmental distribution, ecological impacts, and potential mitigation strategies for microplastic pollution across terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems. The authors survey evidence of harm to marine wildlife including seabirds, fish, and sea turtles through ingestion and entanglement, and assess emerging technological and regulatory approaches to reducing global microplastic contamination.

2024 Science Insights 1 citations
Article Tier 2

Micro- and Nano-Plastics Contaminants in the Environment: Sources, Fate, Toxicity, Detection, Remediation, and Sustainable Perspectives

This review provides a broad overview of micro- and nanoplastic pollution, covering where these particles come from, how they spread through the environment, and the damage they cause to living things including humans. The authors also compare different methods for removing microplastics from the environment, including physical, chemical, and biological approaches. The paper calls for more research and global cooperation to develop better tools for measuring the health risks of plastic pollution.

2023 Water 31 citations
Article Tier 2

Recent Advances in Microplastic Pollution for its Sustainable Management

This review covers the many sources of microplastic pollution -- from industrial waste and textiles to agricultural runoff -- and evaluates current strategies for managing the problem. The authors discuss both prevention approaches like biodegradable alternatives and cleanup technologies, emphasizing that microplastics pose health risks to humans through contaminated water, food, and air.

2024 36 citations
Article Tier 2

Microplastics as an emerging menace to environment: Insights into their uptake, prevalence, fate, and sustainable solutions

This review provides a comprehensive look at how microplastics enter the environment, accumulate in living organisms, and move through food chains. The paper covers sources, transport mechanisms, and the health implications of microplastic exposure for both wildlife and humans. The authors also discuss emerging solutions including biodegradable alternatives and advanced filtration technologies.

2023 Environmental Research 49 citations
Article Tier 2

The role of sustainable packaging in reducing environmental pollution

This review examines how sustainable packaging — using biodegradable materials, reducing excess packaging, and improving recyclability — can reduce environmental pollution. The paper evaluates different sustainable packaging strategies and their effectiveness at reducing plastic waste, which is the primary source of microplastic pollution.

2023 International Journal of Geography Geology and Environment 1 citations
Article Tier 2

Microplastics in the environment: An urgent need for coordinated waste management policies and strategies

This review highlights that microplastic pollution affects marine ecosystems, farmland, and human health, but current waste management policies are fragmented and insufficient. The authors evaluate existing strategies and propose practical solutions including better recycling programs, product redesign to reduce plastic use, and coordinated international policy. Addressing the microplastic problem requires not just cleanup technology but systemic changes in how we produce, use, and dispose of plastics.

2023 Journal of Environmental Management 73 citations
Article Tier 2

Pervasive Pollution Problems Caused by Plastics and its Degradation

This review discusses the pervasive environmental pollution caused by plastics and their degradation products, arguing that plastic contamination now affects air, water, food, and all living organisms and requires urgent global action to reduce production and improve waste management.

2019 International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE) 15 citations
Article Tier 2

Global environmental problem of microplastics

This paper provides an overview of microplastic pollution as a growing global environmental problem, examining how tiny plastic particles spread through ecosystems worldwide. It highlights the scale of the challenge and the need for coordinated scientific and policy responses.

2024 Ecological Sciences
Article Tier 2

A Review of Microplastic Pollution: Harmful Effect on Environment and Animals, Remediation Strategies

This review provides a broad overview of microplastic pollution, covering its sources, environmental distribution, and harmful effects on wildlife and ecosystems. Researchers summarize current knowledge about how microplastics enter food chains and interact with other pollutants. The study also evaluates existing cleanup and remediation strategies for addressing microplastic contamination across different environments.

2023 Journal of Ecological Engineering 16 citations
Article Tier 2

Microplastics Pollution: Global Challenge and Future Potential Solution

This review summarizes the global challenge of microplastic pollution, attributing it to increasing plastic demand across all sectors combined with poor waste management, and explores potential future solutions for reducing microplastic inputs to water, soil, and air.

2024 Microplastics
Article Tier 2

Emerging microplastic contamination in ecosystem: An urge for environmental sustainability

This review summarized the sources, environmental distribution, and ecological effects of microplastics, emphasizing the exponential increase in plastic production and waste mismanagement driving MP accumulation across terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. The authors called for urgent policy measures to reduce single-use plastic production and improve waste infrastructure globally.

2022 Journal of Applied Biology & Biotechnology 11 citations
Article Tier 2

Plastic Pollution and Its Alternatives

This presentation reviewed the scale of plastic pollution, focusing on how plastics accumulate in oceans as non-biodegradable microplastics and nanoplastics that contaminate ecosystems and food chains. The authors outlined alternative materials and policy interventions as pathways to reduce plastic's environmental footprint.

2025 Open Schools Journal for Open Science
Article Tier 2

Plastic Pollution and Its Alternatives

This presentation reviewed the scale of plastic pollution, focusing on how plastics accumulate in oceans as non-biodegradable microplastics and nanoplastics that contaminate ecosystems and food chains. The authors outlined alternative materials and policy interventions as pathways to reduce plastic's environmental footprint.

2025 Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences (University of Skopje)
Article Tier 2

Microplastics Pollution and its Remediation

This publication reviews the growing problem of microplastic pollution in the environment and explores biological and technological strategies for remediation, including microbial degradation and engineered solutions. It highlights the urgent need for practical cleanup approaches as microplastics continue to accumulate across ecosystems worldwide.

2024 13 citations
Article Tier 2

Health implications of microplastic exposure and sustainable solutions

This review explores the various pathways by which microplastics contaminate aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems through human activities, and how they accumulate in the food chain. Researchers summarize the health implications of microplastic exposure through mechanisms like oxidative stress, gut microbiome disruption, and inflammation. The study emphasizes the need for standardized detection methods and stronger regulatory frameworks to address microplastic contamination in the human food supply.

2026 Environmental Sciences Europe
Article Tier 2

Recycling and Management of Microplastic Waste

This review examines recycling and management strategies for plastic waste, describing the technical and economic challenges of reducing plastic pollution and the remediation approaches that have been attempted to address microplastic accumulation in the environment.

2025 ˜The œBioscan.
Article Tier 2

Microplastics in food packaging: Analytical methods, health risks, and sustainable alternatives

This review examines how microplastics from food packaging materials can migrate into the food we eat during storage and handling. It evaluates analytical methods for detecting this contamination and suggests biodegradable polymers as promising eco-friendly alternatives, while noting that standardized testing methods and risk assessment frameworks are still needed.

2025 Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances 20 citations
Review Tier 2

Mitigation measures to avert the impacts of plastics and microplastics in the marine environment (a review)

This review examines the growing problem of plastic and microplastic pollution in marine environments and evaluates various mitigation strategies. The authors discuss approaches including reducing plastic production, improving waste management, developing biodegradable alternatives, and implementing cleanup technologies. The study emphasizes that a combination of prevention, policy intervention, and innovative solutions is needed to address the scale of marine plastic contamination.

2018 Environmental Science and Pollution Research 177 citations
Article Tier 2

Macroissues with Microplastics: A Review on Distribution, Environmental Impacts, Pollutant Interactions, Toxicity, Analytical Methodology and Mitigation Strategies

This comprehensive review covers the global problem of microplastic pollution, examining how these tiny plastic particles are distributed across oceans, freshwater, soil, air, and even remote areas worldwide. Researchers summarized the toxic effects of microplastics on living organisms, their interactions with other pollutants, and current methods for detecting and quantifying them. The study also evaluates potential remediation and reduction strategies for controlling microplastic contamination in the environment.

2025 Applied Sciences 1 citations
Article Tier 2

Impact of plastic pollution on ecosystems: a review of adverse effects and sustainable solutions

Researchers reviewed the adverse impacts of plastics and micro-nanoplastics on aquatic, marine, and terrestrial ecosystems, highlighting advances in biodegradable alternatives, plastic-degrading enzymes, and recycling innovations as potential pathways to reducing the ~400 million tons of plastic produced each year.

2025 Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 17 citations
Article Tier 2

The Impact of Plastic Waste on Ecosystems and Human Health and Strategies for Managing It for A Sustainable Environment

This review summarizes the broad impact of plastic waste on ecosystems and human health, covering how plastics break down into micro- and nanoplastics that contaminate soil, water, and air. The authors discuss health risks from plastic exposure including respiratory problems, liver damage, and hormonal disruption. The review calls for better waste management, recycling, and policies to reduce plastic pollution as a public health priority.

2025 International Journal of Latest Technology in Engineering Management & Applied Science 6 citations