Macro problems from microplastics: Toward a sustainable policy framework for managing microplastic waste in Africa

Understanding plastic degradation and microplastic formation in the environment: A review

(2021) Kai Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

More than 1000 rivers account for 80% of global riverine plastic emissions into the ocean

(2021) Lourens J. J. Meijer et al.   Science Advances

Global Plastic Pollution Observation System to Aid Policy

(2021) Michael S. Bank et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Adoption and diffusion of marine litter clean-up technologies across European seas: Legal, institutional and financial drivers and barriers

(2021) Sofia Frantzi et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Comprehensive evaluation of plastic flows and stocks in South Africa

(2021) Kunle Ibukun Olatayo et al.   RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING

A binding global agreement to address the life cycle of plastics

(2021) Nils Simon et al.   SCIENCE

Developing countries must fund local research

(2021) Edmond Sanganyado   SCIENCE

A comparative review of microplastics in lake systems from different countries and regions

(2021) Siyuan Yang et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Legislation to limit the environmental plastic and microplastic pollution and their influence on human exposure

(2021) Ilaria Conti et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Uncertainties in global estimates of plastic waste highlight the need for monitoring frameworks

(2021) Micaela Edelson et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in agricultural soils, wastewater effluents and sewage sludge in Mauritius

(2021) Doorgha Ragoobur et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Making sense of microplastics? Public understandings of plastic pollution

(2020) Lesley Henderson et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Ecology of the plastisphere

(2020) Linda A. Amaral-Zettler et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Organic pollutants in sedimentary microplastics from eastern Guangdong: Spatial distribution and source identification

(2020) Jingchun Shi et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Effect of the plastic pollutant bisphenol A on the biology of aquatic organisms: A meta‐analysis

(2020) Nicholas C. Wu et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Comparing microplastics contaminants in (dry and raining) seasons for Ox- Bow Lake in Yenagoa, Nigeria

(2020) Babalola Aisosa Oni et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Freshwater insects of different feeding guilds ingest microplastics in two Gulf of Guinea tributaries in Nigeria

(2020) Emmanuel O. Akindele et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Bioremediation as a promising strategy for microplastics removal in wastewater treatment plants

(2020) Paula Masiá et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Evaluating scenarios toward zero plastic pollution

(2020) Winnie W. Y. Lau et al.   SCIENCE

The occurrence and distribution characteristics of microplastics in the agricultural soils of Shaanxi Province, in north-western China

(2020) Ling Ding et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Challenges of plastic waste generation and management in sub-Saharan Africa: A review

(2020) Olusola Olaitan Ayeleru et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

Bioaccumulation and reproductive effects of fluorescent microplastics in medaka fish

(2020) Mona Assas et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Predicted growth in plastic waste exceeds efforts to mitigate plastic pollution

(2020) Stephanie B. Borrelle et al.   SCIENCE

Approaching the environmental problem of microplastics: Importance of WWTP treatments

(2020) Daniel Sol et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Microplastics in African ecosystems: Current knowledge, abundance, associated contaminants, techniques, and research needs

(2020) Olubukola S. Alimi et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Research and management of plastic pollution in coastal environments of China

(2019) Mary H. Wang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in the marine environment: Current trends in environmental pollution and mechanisms of toxicological profile

(2019) Chibuisi Gideon Alimba et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY

Plastic Solid Waste (PSW) in the Context of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Sustainable Management

(2019) Ana Antelava et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Antibiotic resistance in drinking water systems: Occurrence, removal, and human health risks

(2019) Edmond Sanganyado et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Abundance, morphology and chemical composition of microplastics in sand and sediments from a protected coastal area: The Mar Menor lagoon (SE Spain)

(2019) Javier Bayo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Politics and the plastic crisis: A review throughout the plastic life cycle

(2019) Tobias D. Nielsen et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Energy and Environment

Ensuring sustainability in plastics use in Africa: consumption, waste generation, and projections

(2019) Joshua O. Babayemi et al.   Environmental Sciences Europe

Quantification and characterisation of microplastics ingested by selected juvenile fish species associated with mangroves in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

(2019) Trishan Naidoo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Managing the analytical challenges related to micro- and nanoplastics in the environment and food: filling the knowledge gaps

(2019) Pavol Alexy et al.   Food Additives and Contaminants Part A-Chemistry Analysis Control Exposure & Risk Assessment

Sustainable production of marine equipment in a circular economy: deepening in material and energy flows, best available techniques and toxicological impacts

(2019) Gabriele Zapelloni et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Micro-plastic ingestion by waterbirds from contaminated wetlands in South Africa

(2018) Chevonne Reynolds et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Quantification of microfibre levels in South Africa's beach sediments, and evaluation of spatial and temporal variability from 2016 to 2017

(2018) S. de Villiers   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A perspective on a locally managed decentralized circular economy for waste plastic in developing countries

(2018) Chandni Joshi et al.   Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy

Microplastics in the aquatic environment: Evidence for or against adverse impacts and major knowledge gaps

(2018) Emily E. Burns et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

A Comprehensive Analysis of Plastics and Microplastic Legislation Worldwide

(2018) Chung-Sum Lam et al.   WATER AIR AND SOIL POLLUTION

Plastic bag use in South Africa: Perceptions, practices and potential intervention strategies

(2018) Joshua O'Brien et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

From macro- to microplastics - Analysis of EU regulation along the life cycle of plastic bags

(2017) Ida M. Steensgaard et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Export of Plastic Debris by Rivers into the Sea

(2017) Christian Schmidt et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Ingestion of microplastics by fish and its potential consequences from a physical perspective

(2017) Boris Jovanović   Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Plastic debris and policy: Using current scientific understanding to invoke positive change

(2016) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

The role of social marketing, marine turtles and sustainable tourism in reducing plastic pollution

(2016) Lynne Eagle et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in sediments: A review of techniques, occurrence and effects

(2015) Lisbeth Van Cauwenberghe et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

High-levels of microplastic pollution in a large, remote, mountain lake

(2014) Christopher M. Free et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Analysis of the plastic-bag levy in South Africa

(2012) Johane Dikgang et al.   RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING

Perception of environmental problems and common mental disorders (CMD)

(2012) Kátia Rocha et al.   SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY