Industrial activities in Iraq are associated with significant amounts of non-biodegradable solid waste, waste plastic being among the most prominent. This study involved 86 experiments and 254 tests to determine the efficiency of reusing waste plastic in the production of concrete. Thirty kilograms of waste plastic of fabriform shapes was used as a partial replacement for sand by 0%, 10%, 15%, ...

Renewable energy and alternative fuel from different conventional resources such as biomass, plastic waste, recyclable polymers are impertinent environmental issues worldwide. Furthermore, to replace fossil reduce greenhouse gas emissions that have a negative impact on climate change. This article exhibits the effect of metal oxide composite/clay in thermal decomposition Polypropylene. That het...

Pressures on the current plastic waste management infrastructure has made growth of new sustainable recycling capacities crucial. Pyrolysis is an emerging thermochemical technology that may be utilised at a large scale to aid in reaching EU 2030 targets for waste. Plastic valorisation via this process could gain increased competitiveness with conventional methods through use concepts such as ‘D...

• The investigated hospital uses 531g of plastic consumables/patient/day. most important consumables are PPE, accounting for 52% the polymers. relevant polymers PP and latex. Plastic packaging accounts an additional 3% weight consumables. studied account 20% hospital's mixed waste. Plastics have become omnipresent in healthcare but quantitative data on mass flows scarce. This study, therefore, ...

E-waste contains high amount of brominated flame retardants (BFRs) which are toxic, bioaccumulative and recalcitrant. In the present study, an effective and environmental-friendly process using solvothermal treatment to extract tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA), a typical BFR from waste computer housing plastic was developed. After the solvothermal process, TBBPA were transferred into a special sol...

The intrinsic properties and widespread presence of plastic particles in the marine environment have profound effects on birds inhabiting the world's oceans. Industrial and user-plastics composed of polystyrene, polypropylene, polyethylene, styrofoam, and polyvinyl chloride are the most prevalent forms of plastic marine pollution. Their dispersal and accumulation, in average densities of 1000 t...

The global panic caused by COVID-19 has continued to increase people’s demand for masks. However, due inadequate management and disposal practice, these masks have, unfortunately, entered the environment release a large amount of microplastics (MPs), posing serious threat human health. Understanding occurrence mask waste in various environments, mask-origin MPs, related environmental risk is es...

Plastic resin pellets (small granules 0.1-0.5 centimeters in diameter) are widely distributed in the ocean all over the world. They are an industrial raw material for the plastic industry and are unintentionally released to the environment both during manufacturing and transport. They are sometimes ingested by seabirds and other marine organisms, and their adverse effects on organisms are a con...