Assessment of Plastic Stocks and Flows in China: 1978-2017

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Natural Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Materials Science +14

Microplastics and Nanoplastics in Aquatic Environments: Aggregation, Deposition, and Enhanced Contaminant Transport

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Natural Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Materials Science +17

Microplastics in seafood: Benchmark protocol for their extraction and characterization

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Agriculture, Food Science, Marine Sciences +12

The Chinese import ban and its impact on global plastic waste trade

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Public Affairs, Environmental Policy, Environmental Sciences +17

Global socioeconomic material stocks rise 23-fold over the 20th century and require half of annual resource use

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Management, Materials Engineering, Resource Economics +11