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ClearAbordando la contaminación plástica: análisis y perspectivas del inicio de las negociaciones hacia un acuerdo global vinculante
This Spanish-language paper analyzes the early negotiations toward a global binding agreement on plastic pollution, placing them in the context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Microplastic contamination of terrestrial and marine ecosystems is a central concern driving the push for an international plastics treaty.
La agenda 2030. Los compromisos derivados de los objetivos de desarrollo sostenible en Mexico y el mundo, el cambio climático, retos y el tema de residuos
This Spanish-language paper examines Mexico's commitments under the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including goals related to waste management and environmental health. It discusses plastic waste as part of a broader sustainability challenge requiring federal, state, and municipal action.
El reciclaje de plásticos, un reto para lograr una economía circular
This Spanish-language review examines plastic recycling as a key component of circular economy, noting that low consumer awareness and infrastructure gaps must be overcome to meaningfully reduce plastic pollution.
Global plastic pollution, sustainable development, and plastic justice
This review examines how plastic pollution, including microplastics, undermines sustainable development goals and disproportionately affects lower-income nations that lack waste management infrastructure. The authors propose a "plastic justice" framework to address the human rights dimensions of plastic pollution, which poses health risks to communities through contaminated water, food, and air.
La educación ambiental: problemática de los plásticos de un solo uso en las instituciones educativas
This Spanish-language paper explores environmental education strategies for addressing single-use plastic problems in school settings, examining how formal education can build environmental awareness and culture around plastic waste. Educating younger generations about plastic pollution is a long-term strategy for reducing the behavior that creates microplastic contamination.
Kunststoffabfälle im Kontext der SDGs
This German-language review examines plastic waste challenges in the context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, analyzing how current plastic production and disposal practices conflict with SDG targets for clean water, responsible consumption, and climate action.
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.
Una revisión sobre investigaciones en basura marina en Colombia: Aportes, desafíos y oportunidades
This Spanish-language review surveys research on marine litter in Colombia's coastal and marine environments, identifying contributions, challenges, and opportunities in this area. The authors highlight that rivers carrying plastic waste into the sea cause severe ocean contamination, and connect this problem to UN Sustainable Development Goal 14 on life below water.
Micro Plastic Pollution in South Asia: The Impact of Plastic Pollution over the Unsustainable Development Goals
This review examines microplastic pollution across South Asian countries including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, finding that rapid urbanization and poor plastic waste management are driving widespread contamination of freshwater, marine, and terrestrial ecosystems, with significant implications for sustainable development goals.
Sustentabilidade: Materiais Plásticos, O Great Pacific Garbage Patch E Propostas Sustentáveis No Contexto Da Globalização Contemporânea
This Brazilian Portuguese legal and policy review analyzes international and domestic sustainability proposals around plastic pollution, including the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and European single-use plastic regulations. The author argues that no effective global plastic elimination program is possible without coordinated non-state institutional frameworks and enforcement mechanisms.
Como a poluição por microplástico afeta direta e indiretamente a sustentabilidade social, ambiental e econômica dos 17 ODS
This Portuguese-language review examines how microplastic pollution directly and indirectly threatens sustainability, analyzing impacts on biodiversity, food security, human health, and the circular economy, and discussing policy and behavioral interventions.
¿Lo que no se ve no hace daño? Micro y nanoplásticos otra herencia para el futuro
This Spanish-language overview reviews microplastic pollution, noting that over 430 million tons of plastic are produced annually, and summarizes evidence that microplastics threaten ecosystems and human health through ingestion and accumulation across trophic levels.
Is There Hope to Switch Traditional Plastics into Sustainable?
This review paper examines whether traditional petroleum-based plastics can realistically be replaced by more sustainable alternatives, surveying developments in bioplastics, biodegradable polymers, recycling technologies, and regulatory shifts. It concludes that while promising innovations exist — from renewable-source plastics to circular economy strategies — significant technical and economic hurdles remain before sustainable plastics can fully displace conventional ones. The paper is relevant to microplastic pollution as a systemic solution-oriented overview of how to reduce plastic waste at its source.
The Ephemeral Term “Sustainable Development” in Current EU Policies
Not relevant to microplastics — this policy analysis paper examines how the term 'sustainable development' is used inconsistently and with contradictory meanings across current European Union policies, using textual and conceptual review methods.
¿Conoces las secuelas ambientales de la COVID-19?: microplásticos y su repercusión en el medio marino y la salud
This paper examines the environmental consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on the increase in single-use plastic waste and microplastic pollution in Spanish-speaking regions. The authors call for greater public awareness and policy action to address these compounding environmental challenges.
Biodegradar para No Contaminar: El Futuro de los Plásticos
This Spanish-language paper reviews the current state of biodegradable plastics as alternatives to conventional polymers, examining the potential for bio-based materials to reduce microplastic formation and marine contamination while meeting functional requirements for packaging and consumer products.
A comprehensive review on integrative approach for sustainable management of plastic waste and its associated externalities
This review examines the challenges of managing plastic waste in developing countries, where inadequate infrastructure leads to open dumping and the generation of microplastics and nanoplastics. Researchers assessed various management strategies including mechanical recycling, chemical recycling, and energy recovery approaches. The study emphasizes the need for integrated, sustainable waste management systems to reduce the environmental and health externalities of plastic pollution.
TD 2881 - A Organização das Nações Unidas e o objetivo de desenvolvimento sustentável 14 : desafios para o Brasil na década do oceano
This Brazilian paper examines challenges for Brazil in achieving UN Sustainable Development Goal 14 (life below water) during the Ocean Decade. Ocean microplastic pollution is a central challenge for SDG 14, and Brazil as a major coastal nation faces significant responsibilities in addressing plastic waste entering the South Atlantic.
Una inundación global de plásticos
This Spanish-language article provides an overview of the global plastic pollution crisis, tracing how the proliferation of plastic production over 150 years has led to widespread contamination of land, lakes, and oceans. The piece contextualizes the scale of microplastic pollution for a Spanish-speaking audience.
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.
Role of Plastics in Modern Life: Benefits, Risks and Environmental Consequences
This review examines the dual role of plastics in modern society — their economic benefits alongside environmental and public health risks — and surveys strategies for more sustainable plastic production and disposal.
Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Ecosystem Services, Sustainable Development Goals, and Need to Focus on Circular Economy and Policy Interventions
This review examines the impacts of plastic pollution on ecosystem services and sustainable development goals across terrestrial and aquatic environments. The study highlights that only about 9% of global plastic production is recycled, and recommends circular economy approaches, life cycle assessments, and stronger policy interventions to address the growing plastic waste crisis.
Plasti̇k Atiklar Ve Sürdürülebi̇li̇rli̇k: Türki̇ye’de Plasti̇k Atik Yöneti̇mi̇
This Turkish-language policy paper examines the growing environmental burden of plastic waste in Turkey and evaluates current management practices against international agreements and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It finds significant gaps between Turkey's plastic waste policies and global sustainability commitments, and proposes systemic improvements. The paper contributes to the global policy debate on how nations should manage plastic waste to reduce its environmental and health impacts.
Microplásticos: Presencia y diseminación en el medio ambiente
This Spanish-language review examines the current state of microplastic research, covering characterization methods, their presence in water, soil, and air, impacts on food webs and human health, and strategies needed to address this global environmental challenge.