The COVID-19 pandemic necessitates a shift to a plastic circular economy

The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating plastic pollution. A shift in waste management practices is thus urgently needed to close the plastic loop, requiring governments, researchers and industries working towards intelligent design and sustainable upcycling.

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Autores principales: Yuan, Xiangzhou, Wang, Xiaonan, Sarkar, Binoy, Ok, Yong Sik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8475463/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34604789
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43017-021-00223-2
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spelling pubmed-84754632021-09-28 The COVID-19 pandemic necessitates a shift to a plastic circular economy Yuan, Xiangzhou Wang, Xiaonan Sarkar, Binoy Ok, Yong Sik Nat Rev Earth Environ Comment The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating plastic pollution. A shift in waste management practices is thus urgently needed to close the plastic loop, requiring governments, researchers and industries working towards intelligent design and sustainable upcycling. Nature Publishing Group UK 2021-09-27 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC8475463/ /pubmed/34604789 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43017-021-00223-2 Text en © Springer Nature Limited 2021 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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