Global projections of plastic use, end-of-life fate and potential changes in consumption, reduction, recycling and replacement with bioplastics to 2050
University of Maribor · Brno University of Technology · +2 more institutions
Abstract
Excessive production, indiscriminate consumption, and improper disposal of plastics have led to plastic pollution and its hazardous environmental effects. Various approaches to tackle the challenges of reducing the plastic footprint have been developed and applied, such as the production of alternative materials (design for recycling), the production and use of biodegradable plastic and plastics from power-to-X, and the development of recycling approaches. This study proposes an optimisation strategy based on regression to evaluate and predict plastic use and end-of-life fate in the future based on historical trends. The mathematical model is formulated and correlations based on functions of time are developed…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 34.45
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- 100%
- References
- 78
Authors
9Topics & keywords
- Bioplastic
- Consumption (sociology)
- Reduction (mathematics)
- Waste management
- Economics
- Environmental science
- Engineering
- Mathematics