{"id":31708,"date":"2014-04-26T21:48:25","date_gmt":"2014-04-26T19:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneearth-oneocean.com\/2014\/04\/26\/issues-challenges-and-remediation\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T22:35:49","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T21:35:49","slug":"issues-challenges-and-remediation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oneearth-oneocean.com\/en\/research-en\/2014\/issues-challenges-and-remediation\/","title":{"rendered":"Issues Challenges and Remediation"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>Koushal V, Sharma R, Sharma M, Sharma R, Sharma V (2014) Plastics:\nIssues Challenges and Remediation. Int J Waste Resources 4: 134. doi:\n10.4303\/2252-5211.1000134\n\nAbstract\nPlastics have become a vital asset for humanity. Though extensive\nresearch and new technologies have led to invent of newer and safer\nplastics, but drawbacks and challenges of plastics have never been\nresolved and impact is on the rise. Some of the major compounds (vinyl\nchloride, dioxins, and plasticizers) are causative factors of\nhormone-disruption, reproductive dysfunction, breast growth and\ntesticular cancers. The harmful effects are also pronounced in newborns\nvia mothers during pregnancy or young children exposed directly.\nRecycling is one of the most convenient and easiest ways. Smarter\nsorting, energy efficient ways, developing smarter plastics and research\nto develop certain fungi and bacteria that hasten degradation of\nconventional plastics are some of the present era needs. Source\nreduction (Reduce and Reuse) can occur by altering the design,\nmanufacture or reduced use of plastic products. Biodegradable plastics\nare similar to conventional plastics, with the additional quality of\nbeing able to naturally decompose and break into natural and safe\nbyproducts. Bioplastics, nature derived plastics, are derived from\nbiological sources such as sugar cane, cellulose etc. and these either\ndegrade in open air or are made to compost using fungi, bacteria or\nenzymes. To conclude, it is not the plastics to blame, but it is the\nmisuse of plastics. The present time need is to look for biodegradable\nmeasures and effective policies and their implementation.\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.omicsonline.com\/open-access\/plastics-issues-challenges-and-remediation-2252-5211.1000134.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.omicsonline.com\/open-access\/plastics-issues-challenges-and-remediation-2252-5211.1000134.pdf<\/a><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Koushal V, Sharma R, Sharma M, Sharma R, Sharma V (2014) Plastics: Issues Challenges and Remediation. Int J Waste Resources 4: 134. doi: 10.4303\/2252-5211.1000134 Abstract Plastics have become a vital asset for humanity. Though extensive research and new technologies have led to invent of newer and safer plastics, but drawbacks and challenges of plastics have never been resolved and impact is on the rise. Some of the major compounds (vinyl chloride, dioxins, and plasticizers) are causative factors of hormone-disruption, reproductive dysfunction, breast growth and testicular cancers. The harmful effects are also pronounced in newborns via mothers during pregnancy or young children exposed directly. Recycling is one of the most convenient and easiest ways. Smarter sorting, energy efficient ways, developing smarter plastics and research to develop certain fungi and bacteria that hasten degradation of conventional plastics are some of the present era needs. Source reduction (Reduce and Reuse) can occur by altering the design, manufacture or reduced use of plastic products. Biodegradable plastics are similar to conventional plastics, with the additional quality of being able to naturally decompose and break into natural and safe byproducts. Bioplastics, nature derived plastics, are derived from biological sources such as sugar cane, cellulose etc. and these either degrade in open air or are made to compost using fungi, bacteria or enzymes. To conclude, it is not the plastics to blame, but it is the misuse of plastics. The present time need is to look for biodegradable measures and effective policies and their implementation. http:\/\/www.omicsonline.com\/open-access\/plastics-issues-challenges-and-remediation-2252-5211.1000134.pdf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3504,3423],"tags":[2314,1545],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Issues Challenges and Remediation - One Earth - One Ocean e. 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