Plastic Footprint

Global Issues, Impacts and Solutions
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-981-966361-3
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 146 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 440 g

This book gives a broader framework of plastic pollution, which is a significant issue worldwide. The book emphasizes the primary (plastic waste discharged from the direct source) and secondary pollutants (plastic trash which is disposed of on land and converted to micro and nano plastics in ocean). In addition to this, the volume also addresses the issues of plastic pollution by managing plastic waste in a circular closed loop. The book is divided into three parts: (1) generation and assessment of plastic waste, (2) impact assessment of plastics due to improper management and disposal, (3) sustainable management of plastic waste and converting them into resource.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pathak, Pankaj

Ilyas, Sadia

Srivastava, Rajiv R.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Abfallbeseitigung, Abfallentsorgung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltverschmutzung, Umweltkriminalität, Umweltrecht
• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Abfallwirtschaft, Abfallentsorgung
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Plastic Utilization in the Modern Era: The 21st Century.- Micro- and Nano-Plastics (MNPs) in the Environment: Addressing the Sampling and Identification Issues.- Advancing Sustainability in Construction: Integrating Recycled Plastic Waste into Green Concrete.- Plastic pollution disrupting the aquatic ecosystem.- Development of a standardized plastic footprint measurement tool for combating marine plastic pollution.- Nanobiotechnology for Reducing Plastic Footprint and Combatting Micro and Nano-Plastic Pollution.- Assessing Effects and Impacts associated with Macro-Micro Plastics in Waterbodies.- Assessing Different Tools Employed in Auto Segregation of Plastic Waste.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Pankaj Pathak is an associate professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, SRM University, India. She earned her doctorate degree in environmental geotechnology from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India. Her research interests include solid waste management, waste to energy, and sustainable green energy resources. 

Dr. Sadia Ilyas is an Associate Professor in Process Metallurgy and a Fellow of the Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability (WISE) at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Luleå University of Technology in Sweden. Previously, she has served as a Brainpool Scientist under the National Research Foundation of Korea and held various academic and research positions in South Korea, Pakistan, and China. Dr. Ilyas’s research domain is mainly focused on sustainable technological advancements in natural resources management, urban mining, circular economy, green chemistry, metal-to-microbe interaction, and impact assessment using life-cycle and techno-economic analysis tools.

Dr. Rajiv Ranjan Srivastava is an academician cum industrial researcher specializing in waste management and sustainable environmental technology, with a focus on hydrometallurgical processes and reaction thermodynamics. He is a Senior Researcher at the Center of Advanced Chemistry, Institute of Research and Development, and a Lecturer at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Duy Tan University, Da Nang (in Vietnam). His interdisciplinary research interests span solid and industrial waste management, urban mining, and the extraction of energy-critical elements for clean and alternative energy production. In addition to his academic work, Dr. Srivastava has made significant contributions to industrial R&D, particularly in the commercialization of metal recycling processes.