Are biodegradable plastics a promising solution to solve the global plastic pollution?

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

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Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

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Microplastics as vectors for environmental contaminants: Exploring sorption, desorption, and transfer to biota

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Why is the global governance of plastic failing the oceans?

Peter Dauvergne · Global Environmental Change · 2018 · 465 citations

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Environmental Deterioration of Biodegradable, Oxo-biodegradable, Compostable, and Conventional Plastic Carrier Bags in the Sea, Soil, and Open-Air Over a 3-Year Period

Imogen E. Napper, Richard C. Thompson · Environmental Science & Technology · 2019 · 460 citations

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