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ClearTackling Water and Waste Management Challenges Within the Tourism and Hospitality Industry: A Sustainable Development Goals Perspective
This paper reviewed water and waste management challenges specific to tourism and hospitality industries, examining how hotels, resorts, and tourism infrastructure generate and mismanage water and solid waste. It proposed strategies for sustainable waste management within these high-impact sectors.
Waste Management in Selected National Parks: A Review
This review examines waste management practices in protected natural areas globally, highlighting the challenge of managing visitor waste in parks and reserves. Proper waste management in natural areas is critical to preventing plastic litter from breaking down into microplastics that contaminate pristine habitats.
Preliminary Study of the Effect of Tourism Activities on Litter Pollution: A Case Study on Padar Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia
Researchers found that tourism activities on Padar Island in Komodo National Park, Indonesia, are linked to increased litter pollution in the marine environment, with poorly managed waste degrading coastal ecosystem quality.
Sensitivity of Natural Environment of Tourist Attractions Based on Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation
Researchers developed a fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method to assess the environmental sensitivity of natural tourist attractions. The approach combines multiple environmental indicators into an overall sensitivity score to guide sustainable tourism management. Protecting the natural environment of tourist sites includes addressing plastic litter, which is a growing concern at popular destinations.
Sustainable Behaviors Conceptualization for Forest Adventures Tours: The Case of Cloud Ocean Sites in Hyrcanian Forests Listed as UNESCO’s World Heritage Property
This paper is not about microplastics; it conceptualises sustainable visitor behaviour for ecotourism in UNESCO-listed Hyrcanian Forest sites in Iran.
Investigating the Role of Tourists and Impact of Knowledge, Behaviour, and Attitude Towards Plastic Waste Generation
Researchers surveyed tourists to assess how their knowledge, attitudes, and behavior influence plastic waste generation at outdoor recreation sites, finding that awareness gaps drive littering and that circular economy approaches could convert tourist-generated waste into local economic opportunity.
Behave Thyself: Tourists’ Environmentally Responsible Behaviour in the Post-pandemic Era
This editorial reviews concepts of environmentally responsible tourist behavior in the post-COVID-19 era, arguing that the pandemic revealed and amplified irresponsible environmental behaviors, and calling on tourism stakeholders to collaboratively cultivate sustainable practices as global travel rebounds amid escalating climate and ecological threats.
Exploring the Plastic Collection and Recycling Trends in Sri Lanka
This paper is not about microplastics; it surveys plastic waste collection and recycling infrastructure in Sri Lanka, documenting correlations between tourism, rainfall, and recycling rates for different polymer types.
Marine Tourism Suitability Index in the Padang Beach Tourism Area, West Sumatra
Researchers assessed the suitability of beach tourism conditions at Padang Beach, West Sumatra, to support sustainable marine tourism practices. The study highlights how increased tourist activity can contribute to anthropogenic pollution, including plastic waste, in coastal environments.
Community Behavior Towards Environmental Cleanliness in Kampung Agas Area Tanjung Uma Village Batam City
Not relevant to microplastics — this descriptive quantitative study assesses community awareness and behavior around waste and environmental cleanliness in a coastal village in Batam City, Indonesia, finding very low environmental awareness among residents.
Adopting Digital Tools & Technology to Evolve Sustainable Tourism at World Heritage Sites: Case Studies from India and Greece
This study explores how digital technologies can improve sustainable tourism management at World Heritage Sites in India and Greece. The paper is focused on tourism management and technology rather than environmental pollution.
Strategies to Manage Ecotourism Sustainably: Insights from a SWOT-ANP Analysis and IUCN Guidelines
Not relevant to microplastics — this paper uses a SWOT-ANP decision framework to analyze ecotourism management strategies in Iranian protected areas.
Abundance, density, and influencing indicators of solid waste accumulation and mitigation solutions along coastlines on Isla Colón in Bocas del Toro Province, Panamá
This study assessed solid waste accumulation and marine debris on Isla Colon in Panama, finding that tourism growth and inadequate waste management have significantly increased coastal pollution. The research documents a common challenge facing rapidly developing tropical island destinations where plastic waste threatens both ecosystems and tourism economies.
Resilience And Sustainability in Tourism-Forestry Systems Through Risk Management Framework: Review and Concept
Not relevant to microplastics — this paper proposes a risk management framework for tourism-forestry systems in Malaysia, focused on resilience and sustainability in forest tourism.
Sustainable Tourism as the Management Option for Litter Problems in Tasik and Leuweung Sancang Garut Coastal Areas, Indonesia
Researchers assessed marine debris and plastic litter problems along the Tasikmalaya and Garut coastline in Indonesia and evaluated sustainable tourism as a management strategy. They found that remote beaches had less contamination than village-adjacent beaches, and that tourism development without proper waste management worsened litter accumulation. The study recommends integrating sustainable tourism practices with waste reduction to address coastal plastic pollution.
Tourism sustainability, Official Mexican Standards and the fulfillment of the human right to a healthy environment: Hydrocarbons, plastics, and bioremediation
This paper examines how Mexico's official environmental standards address hydrocarbon and microplastic pollution at tourist destinations, arguing that existing regulations are insufficient given the scale of contamination and that bioremediation technologies need stronger legal backing to be deployed effectively. It is relevant because regulatory gaps leave coastal and urban tourist environments without adequate protection from microplastic accumulation.
Does tourism enhance microplastic pollution in the ecologically critical areas of Bangladesh? Evidence from Tanguar Haor, Kaptai Lake, and the Sundarbans
Researchers assessed microplastic pollution at three prominent tourist destinations in Bangladesh—Tanguar Haor, Kaptai Lake, and the Sundarbans—finding 3–25 particles per liter, with PETE most common and contamination levels correlating with tourism activity and proximity to human pollution sources.
Evaluation of the environmental perception of the users over solid residues on the beach of Tamandaré/Brazil
This Brazilian study surveyed beach users at Tamandaré beach about their awareness of solid waste pollution and waste disposal behaviors. Most users acknowledged the environmental problem of beach litter, but disposal habits did not always match awareness levels. Understanding public environmental perception is important for designing effective campaigns to reduce beach plastic pollution and microplastic generation.
Voluntourism as an Effort to Realize Sustainable Tourism to Reduce Waste in the Ocean
This review examined how volunteer tourism (voluntourism) initiatives engage tourists in ocean waste cleanup as part of sustainable tourism development. Community-based cleanup activities are an important complement to policy and industrial solutions for reducing ocean plastic pollution.
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.
Investigating the knowledge, attitude and perception on microplastic pollution: a comparison between residents in Temerloh living in urban and rural areas
Researchers surveyed urban and rural residents of Temerloh, Malaysia, on their knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of microplastic pollution, finding gaps in awareness that contribute to poor waste management behaviours and ongoing environmental contamination.
An Examination of Microplastic Pollution in Protected Areas from Outdoor Recreation
Microplastics were found in soils from protected natural areas frequently visited by outdoor recreationists, suggesting that even conservation lands and wilderness parks are not insulated from plastic pollution carried in by human visitors.
Delving into the Reality of Waste at Coro Beach a Comprehensive Analysis and Innovative Solution Recommendations for Community-Based Sustainable Tourism
This study analyzes waste management challenges at Coro Beach in Indonesia, examining how inadequate infrastructure and single-use plastic consumption generate marine waste and proposing community-based sustainable tourism strategies to reduce microplastic pollution.
Characteristics of plastic waste and perceptions of coastal communities in the MLC Baluno mangrove ecotourism area, West Sulawesi, Indonesia
A survey of plastic waste characteristics and coastal community perceptions in a mangrove ecotourism area in West Sulawesi, Indonesia found widespread plastic pollution threatening both marine ecosystems and local livelihoods. Community awareness and disposal behaviors were also documented to inform management strategies.