Plastics and the Environment—Current Status and Challenges in Germany and Australia

verfasst von

Frederik R. Wurm, Sebastian Spierling, Hans Josef Endres, Leonie Barner

Abstract

Polymers and plastics play a very important part in the modern world and contribute to people's wellbeing and comfort. However, products made of them are contributing to land- and marine-based environmental pollution due to littering and other ways of emission, and therefore threaten ecosystems worldwide. However, waste management and responses by governments and the consumer differ strongly from country to country. The current article provides an overview of several important aspects of polymer waste and plastic pollution as well as describes selected strategies to mitigate these using examples from Germany and Australia, and therefore aims to contribute to the resolution of the ever-increasing problem of unsustainable plastic consumption, disposal, and pollution.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Kunststoff- und Kreislauftechnik

Externe Organisation(en)

University of Twente
Queensland University of Technology

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Macromolecular Rapid Communications

Band

41

ISSN

1022-1336

Publikationsdatum

22.09.2020

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Polymere und Kunststoffe, Organische Chemie, Werkstoffchemie

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 12 – Verantwortungsvoller Konsum und Produktion, SDG 14 – Lebensraum Wasser, SDG 15 – Lebensraum Land

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202000351 (Zugang: Geschlossen)