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Abordando 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.

2023 Política Internacional
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Desafíos En La Construcción Del Desarrollo Sostenible

This Spanish-language essay examined challenges in achieving sustainable development goals, including plastic pollution reduction, as part of global efforts since the 1987 Brundtland Commission report. The urgency of addressing plastic and microplastic pollution is increasingly recognized within the broader sustainable development agenda.

2021 Universidad Santo Tomás eBooks
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¿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.

2024 Con Evidencia
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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.

2023 Giresun Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Dergisi 9 citations
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The deficit of regulation of plastic waste and microplastics in Latin America: about health and bioaccumulation in México

This review examines plastic waste regulation gaps in Latin America, focusing on Mexico, and discusses how long-term microplastic bioaccumulation in tissues and organs poses health risks affecting the respiratory, immune, reproductive, and endocrine systems.

2025 Environmental Science and Pollution Research
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Inventories of plastic pollution sources, flows and hotspots as a baseline for national action plans: The experience of Mexico.

Mexico developed a national inventory of plastic pollution sources using material flow analysis, literature review, and stakeholder workshops to identify where plastic leaks into the environment across the waste management system. The process revealed critical leakage points in collection and disposal infrastructure, providing a baseline for Mexico's national plastic pollution action plan.

2024 The Science of the total environment
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Contaminación ambiental por plásticos durante la pandemia y sus efectos en la salud humana

This Spanish-language review traced the history of plastic materials from the 19th century to the COVID-19 pandemic era, examining how increased face mask and single-use plastic disposal during the pandemic amplified environmental plastic contamination. The authors assess health consequences of pandemic-related plastic pollution for both ecosystems and human populations.

2022 Revista Colombiana de Cirugía 8 citations
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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.

2024 Österreichische Wasser- und Abfallwirtschaft
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The state of microplastic pollution in México: a review and evolving perspectives

A PRISMA-based review of microplastic research in Mexico documented growing contamination across marine, freshwater, and terrestrial environments, characterized the dominant polymer types and particle shapes, and identified major knowledge gaps needing attention in the Mexican context.

2025 The Science of The Total Environment 2 citations
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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.

2022 CEDAMAZ 4 citations
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Plasticultura en México: Impactos Ambientales y Desafíos para la Sostenibilidad

This systematic review analyzes the environmental impact of agricultural plastic use in Mexico, where over 45,000 hectares use plastic mulches, greenhouse covers, and irrigation systems. Poor management of this agricultural plastic waste contributes to microplastic pollution in soils, which can affect crop quality and potentially enter the food chain.

2026 Revista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClara
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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.

2023 Unaciencia Revista de Estudios e Investigaciones
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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.

2023 Sustainability 13 citations
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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.

2021 Revista Boletín Redipe 8 citations
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Impactos ambientales por residuos sólidos generados durante la pandemia de COVID-19 y alternativas de solución

This review synthesized research on the environmental impacts of solid waste generated during the COVID-19 pandemic—particularly disposable PPE—and evaluated proposed solutions including incineration, recycling, and biodegradable alternatives.

2025 Revista Científica de Ingenierías y Arquitectura .
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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.

2022 Editorial UNIMAR eBooks
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The Massive Misuse of Face Mask as a Risk to COVID-19 Pandemic in Latin American: The Case of Mexico

Researchers examined face mask waste mismanagement during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico and Latin America, finding that inadequate waste management infrastructure, poor public compliance, and high single-use mask consumption created significant environmental contamination risks in already strained waste systems.

2021 7 citations
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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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Urgen nuevas maneras de diseñar, producir y consumir objetos de plástico en México

This article argued that Mexico urgently needs new approaches to designing, producing, and consuming single-use plastic objects, as widespread unconscious use of long-lasting materials for short-lived purposes is generating serious environmental and health consequences.

2023
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Percepción del riesgo de habitar en las inmediaciones de un sitio de disposición final, El Salto, México

This paper is not relevant to microplastics; it examines how residents living near a landfill in Mexico perceive environmental health risks from that proximity.

2023 Revista de Ciencias Ambientales 2 citations
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Análisis de la agricultura protegida y sus impactos socioambientales en tres municipios de la Sierra Nevada de Puebla, México

This Spanish-language study examines the expansion of plastic greenhouse agriculture in three municipalities in the Sierra Nevada of Puebla, Mexico, and its social and environmental implications. Plastic mulch films used in agriculture are a significant source of microplastic contamination in farmland soils.

2023 Religación
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Sistemas de revalorización de poliolefinas procedentes de residuos sólidos urbanos

This Spanish thesis examined systems for recovering and reusing polyolefin plastics from municipal solid waste, evaluating mechanical and chemical recycling approaches. Improving plastic recovery rates reduces the volume of plastic waste that eventually fragments into microplastics in landfills and the environment.

2023
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Mexican Sustainability Classification in Construction: Brief Review of Carbon, Life Cycle, and Water Footprints

This Mexican review examines sustainability frameworks in the construction industry, covering carbon, water, and life cycle footprints of building materials. Sustainable construction practices that reduce reliance on virgin plastic materials are relevant to decreasing the long-term flow of plastic waste into the environment.

2023 International Journal of Civil Engineering
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Estamos usando bien el plástico en Odontología

This Spanish-language article examines the large amount of plastic waste generated by dental practices and calls on dentists and dental professionals to reduce their plastic footprint. It argues that the dental profession has a responsibility to address its contribution to microplastic pollution given the extent of plastic use in clinical dentistry.

2020 RCOE: Revista del Ilustre Consejo General de Colegios de Odontólogos y Estomatólogos de España