The plastic pandemic: COVID-19 has accelerated plastic pollution, but there is a cure.
Global
Impacts
Microplastics
Plastic
Policy
Solutions
Journal
The Science of the total environment
ISSN: 1879-1026
Titre abrégé: Sci Total Environ
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 0330500
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
15 Nov 2022
15 Nov 2022
Historique:
received:
19
04
2022
revised:
18
07
2022
accepted:
18
07
2022
pubmed:
26
7
2022
medline:
20
9
2022
entrez:
25
7
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Plastic pollution is now present in all areas of our planet, including its last wilderness, Antarctica, and the plastic crisis has further escalated because of COVID-19. The pandemic has caused a significant increase in the global consumption of single-use protective items such as masks and gloves. These and other plastic items add to the suite of plastic pollution issues, from entanglement of wildlife to microplastic bioaccumulation. Given plastics are a major threat facing humans and wildlife, swift action to reduce plastic pollution is urgently needed. Solutions to plastic pollution are within reach. With collective, impactful action we will ensure a better future for our planet and ourselves. Here, we propose several measures for decision-makers to implement to achieve a solution and tackle plastic pollution as a united, global community.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35878850
pii: S0048-9697(22)04653-8
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157555
pmc: PMC9304335
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Microplastics
0
Plastics
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
157555Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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