A review of plastic pollution and their treatment technology: A circular economy platform by thermochemical pathway
- Authors
- Kwon, Gihoon; Cho, Dong-Wan; Park, Juyeong; Bhatnagar, Amit; Song, Hocheol
- Issue Date
- May-2023
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
- Keywords
- Plastic waste; Circular economy; Chemical recycling; Covid-19; Plastic detection; Thermochemical process
- Citation
- CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, v.464, pp.1 - 14
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- Journal Title
- CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
- Volume
- 464
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 14
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/186038
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.cej.2023.142771
- ISSN
- 1385-8947
- Abstract
- The rapid expansion of plastic manufacturing industries in last several decades has brought serious concerns over the environmental impacts of plastic wastes. Recent outbreak of Covid-19 drastically increased production, use, and disposal of plastic products. Current management strategies for wasted plastics still rely on landfill and incineration that continue to exacerbate plastic pollution and carbon emissions. Many countries have put forward multifaceted administrative efforts to reduce plastic wastes, but the annual global generation of plastic wastes is still increasing. In techno-society, researchers have been exploring more effective plastic wastes treatment technologies to alleviate environmental impacts of plastic wastes. Such efforts entailed several technical options that can potentially contribute to establishing a circular economy for plastics. Thermochemical process is a prominent example of such techniques. This review presents an overview of the issue of plastic pollution, covering topics including global plastic production, environmental impacts, and toxicity. In addition, the global administrative efforts aimed at reducing plastic pollution are discussed, as well as detection and treatment strategies to establish a circular economy in plastic management.
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