...P. Sandhya; K. Shreyaas; R. Jayaraj; Ganesh Raja Rajeswari Purpose One of the major challenges faced by the world at present is management and treatment of waste. Especially, waste such as polyethylene (plastics) is non-degradable and is causing great damage to our environment. Aquatic environment...

...Maria Christina Araújo; Monica Costa Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the origin of the solid wastes contamination for an isolated beach (Várzea do Una), through the classification of the plastics fraction into specific use‐related categories along a full seasonal cycle...

... be built more economically. A new lightweight geo‐material made from recycled plastic bottles glued together in their original post‐consumer form was developed. The purpose of this work is to explore the use of this new material as a lightweight geotechnical fill. Design/methodology/approach Through...

...M.M.K. Fouad; A.M. El Sayed; A.N. Mahdy Over the last few decades, the use of plastics as packaging materials has increased due to their properties and processibility. On the other hand, as a result of contact of packed food with plastics, traces of plastic components may migrate into the food...