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ClearTheoretical Approaches to Plastic Waste Regulation in Nigeria
This paper reviews theoretical frameworks for plastic waste regulation in Nigeria, drawing on global best practices to evaluate approaches most suited to achieving sustainable plastic waste management. The analysis covers regulatory, economic, and behavioral theory as applied to plastic pollution governance.
Global Plastic Pollution and the Nigerian Dimensions
This review examines global plastic pollution trends with a focus on Nigeria, covering plastic production history, environmental distribution, ecological effects, and policy challenges in the West African context. The authors document how weak waste management infrastructure and high plastic consumption growth rates make Nigeria particularly vulnerable to microplastic pollution in rivers, coastlines, and food chains.
Plastic Pollution and Framework Towards Sustainable Plastic Waste Management in Nigeria: Case Study
Nigeria faces a growing plastic pollution crisis driven by the rapid expansion of companies producing plastic bottles and sachet water packaging. This paper examines the scale of the problem and proposes a framework for more sustainable plastic waste management, drawing on case studies of existing challenges and potential interventions. While focused on policy and waste management rather than microplastics specifically, reducing plastic waste at source directly limits the amount that fragments into environmental microplastics.
Understanding the socioeconomic determinants of marine plastic pollution: Evaluating policy effectiveness and mitigation strategies in the Global South.
Researchers synthesized qualitative and quantitative evidence on marine plastic pollution in the Global South, identifying rapid urbanization, inadequate waste infrastructure, and weak governance as primary drivers, and recommending integrated strategies combining single-use plastic bans, extended producer responsibility, regional cooperation, and circular economy incentives.
The importance of microplastics pollution studies in water and soil of Nigeria ecosystems
This review highlights the lack of microplastic pollution research in Nigeria, despite the country's growing plastic production and consumption. The author calls for more local studies to generate data needed for science-based policy on plastic waste management in African ecosystems.
Strategic management of plastic pollution in Nigeria: Balancing best approaches
This paper analyzed Nigeria's legal framework for managing plastic pollution, finding that limited resources, inadequate monitoring, and lax enforcement create a significant gap between legislative intent and practical outcomes. The study recommended strengthened enforcement mechanisms, cross-sector collaboration, and tailored strategies for different forms of plastic waste including microplastics.
Plastic Pollution in the Environment in Nigeria: A Rapid Systematic Review of the Sources, Distribution, Research Gaps and Policy Needs
This systematic review examines plastic pollution across Nigeria's environment, including water, soil, air, and food. The research finds that plastic contamination is widespread but under-studied in African countries, with significant gaps in data and policy. Understanding plastic pollution in developing nations is critical because these regions often lack the waste management infrastructure to prevent microplastic contamination of food and water.
Plastic Solid Waste Management Assessment Among Selected Schools in Gwadabawa Local Government, Sokoto, Nigeria
Researchers assessed plastic solid waste management practices among schools in Gwadabawa Local Government Area, measuring waste volumes, disposal behavior, and institutional capacity for waste management. The findings highlighted systemic gaps in collection infrastructure and environmental education, with recommendations for policy interventions targeting school-level plastic waste reduction.
Overcoming Plastic Pollution: Challenges Faced by Brazilian Policies and Perspectives for Stakeholder Engagement and Global Governance Opportunities
This policy paper reviewed the history of plastic production and mismanagement in Brazil, identifying structural barriers to effective plastic pollution control and proposing policy perspectives to overcome dependence on single-use plastic.
Enhancing Sustainability Development for Waste Management through National–Local Policy Dynamics
This study analyzed waste management policy coherence across national and local government levels in Indonesia, finding significant gaps in implementation that undermine sustainable development goals and allow plastic pollution from poor waste management practices to persist.
The impact of environmental management on the growth of the bottled water industry in Indonesia (Case study: sales of disposable gallons)
This study investigated how environmental management practices affect plastic waste generation and microplastic pollution associated with agricultural and industrial operations. The findings suggest that stronger environmental governance leads to measurable reductions in plastic waste entering natural systems.
Innovations for Sustainable Plastic Waste Management in Nigeria
This paper reviews the current state of plastic waste management in Nigeria and proposes innovations for more sustainable disposal and recycling. Inadequate plastic waste management in rapidly urbanizing countries is a major driver of microplastic pollution in freshwater and marine environments.
Impact, Mitigation Strategies, and Future Possibilities of Nigerian Municipal Solid Waste Leachate Management Practices: A Review
This review assessed microplastic impacts, mitigation strategies, and future management possibilities for Nigeria, focusing on solid waste leachate from inadequately managed landfills as a major pollution pathway. The authors identified limited regulatory enforcement and lack of lined landfill infrastructure as key factors driving leachate contamination of groundwater and surface water.
Plastic pollution in the environment in Nigeria: A rapid systematic review of the sources, distribution, research gaps and policy needs
Researchers conducted a systematic review of plastic pollution research in Nigeria and found critical data gaps — covering only 15 of 36 states — with microplastics detected in fish, insects, and water, highlighting the need for stronger policies, better monitoring, and expanded research to address the growing plastic crisis in West Africa.
Characterization of Macro Litter and Microplastics Abundance in the Ogunpa River, Ibadan: Intimation for Solid Waste Management and Environmental Policy
Researchers characterized macro litter and microplastic abundance across five sites on the Ogunpa River in Ibadan, Nigeria during the wet season, finding high plastic contamination driven by inadequate waste management and recommending targeted environmental policy responses.
Environmental Challenges Awareness in Nigeria: A Review
This review examines environmental challenges in Nigeria and globally, including climate change, deforestation, urbanization, improper waste disposal, and plastic pollution, identifying anthropogenic drivers and discussing awareness gaps and policy needs for environmental protection and sustainable management.
Rethinking Ubuntu Philosophy in Nigeria's Environmental Law: A Pathway to Sustainable Plastic Pollution Regulation
This research paper proposes using Ubuntu philosophy—an African concept emphasizing community cooperation and interconnectedness—to create better plastic pollution laws in Nigeria. The authors argue that incorporating these traditional values into environmental regulations could lead to more effective community-based waste management and cleaner environments. Reducing plastic pollution matters for human health because plastic waste can break down into tiny particles that contaminate food and water supplies.
The geopolitical economy of Thailand's marine plastic pollution crisis
Researchers examined the geopolitical and economic factors driving Thailand's status as one of the world's largest contributors to ocean plastic pollution, finding that governance failures, economic development pressures, and global plastic supply chains are key structural drivers that environmental management has not adequately addressed.
Socioeconomic impacts of flooding in South-Eastern Nigeria: Causes, coping strategies, and flood control measures
A study in southeastern Nigeria investigated the socioeconomic impacts of flooding, identifying causes, community coping strategies, and government flood management efforts. Plastic waste and poor drainage infrastructure were among the factors worsening flood outcomes in affected communities.
Politics and the plastic crisis: A review throughout the plastic life cycle
This political science review analyzed over 180 studies on the governance of plastics across their full life cycle, finding that marine pollution and microplastics are driving the fastest growth in plastic policy research. The authors identify fragmented governance architectures and the absence of binding international agreements as major obstacles to addressing the global plastic crisis.
Plastic management to reduce environmental pollution
This study designed a community-based plastic management program in a Mexican municipality to reduce PET pollution by exchanging collected plastics for basic food goods, linking environmental goals with local economic incentives.
Household-Level Strategies to Tackle Plastic Waste Pollution in a Transitional Country
Researchers surveyed 730 Vietnamese households on plastic waste management strategies, finding that waste sorting, environmental fund contributions, and willingness to relocate from polluted areas varied based on socioeconomic factors and environmental awareness.
Emerging Global Threat of Microplastics and Their Impact on Soil Sustainability: A Case of Southeast Nigeria
This review examined microplastic pollution in Southeast Nigeria, focusing on sources from fragmented plastic waste and environmental and health impacts. The authors highlighted local knowledge gaps and called for regional policies addressing the ecological and endocrine-disrupting effects of microplastics in a rapidly developing area.
Plastic Pollution, Waste Management Issues, and Circular Economy Opportunities in Rural Communities
This review examines how rural communities around the world are both contributors to and victims of plastic pollution, with agricultural plastic waste being a major source of microplastics in farmland. Poor waste management in rural areas, especially in low- and middle-income countries, leads to plastic contamination of soil, water, and the food supply. The authors argue that involving rural communities in circular economy solutions is essential for reducing plastic pollution and protecting public health.