Abstract
The consistent usage of plastic products has resulted in a proportionate rise of global plastic waste generation predominantly from domestic and industrial sectors. Effective management of plastic waste has become crucial to deal with complex environmental challenges imposing damage to our natural resources. This is an attempt to assess different existing collection, disposal, and treatment technologies for plastic waste management. With the challenges and limitations imposed by factors influencing the inadequate handling of plastic waste, this is an attempt to highlight recent advancements that emerged out lately to tackle the issue along with their environmental implications. Widely adopted treatment and disposal methods like material recycling with and without plastic waste separation, thermo-chemical recycling, pyrolysis, heat recovery incineration, and landfilling are compared, and problems associated with their efficacy are proffered to identify research and investment opportunities. The key drivers leading to plastic waste mismanagement in nature and its impact on the social, economic, and environmental dimensions from developed and developing economies are explored. Future scopes and technological outlook on an effective plastic waste management system in an environmental and resource compatible perspective have been discussed.
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Parashar, N., Hait, S. (2022). Plastic Waste Management: Current Overview and Future Prospects. In: Singh, V.P., Yadav, S., Yadav, K.K., Yadava, R.N. (eds) Environmental Degradation: Challenges and Strategies for Mitigation. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 104. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95542-7_22
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