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Plastic Pollution: Challenges and Green Solutions

Editat de Malti Goel, Neha G. Tripathi
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 19 oct 2024
This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the challenges being faced in managing plastic waste and showcases innovative solutions that can mitigate the adverse effects of plastic pollution on the environment. This timely book brings together a multi-disciplinary group of experts to outline the scale and complexity of the plastics pollution issue while advancing innovative and inclusive solutions. Spanning perspectives from policy, industry, advocacy, technology, and academia, the book provides a comprehensive understanding of plastic waste sources, impacts, and management approaches. Policymakers, municipal authorities, industry leaders, entrepreneurs, researchers, students, advocates and informed citizens seeking to drive progress on sustainable plastic waste management will find crucial insights and inspirational models in this book.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9789819755271
ISBN-10: 9819755271
Pagini: 351
Ilustrații: X, 290 p. 75 illus.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 mm
Greutate: 0.6 kg
Ediția:2024
Editura: Springer Nature Singapore
Colecția Springer
Locul publicării:Singapore, Singapore

Cuprins

Understanding Plastic Pollution.- The global plastic pollution crisis - how Norway deals with the challenge.- Plastics and Human’s Health.- Plastic Pollution and Health Impacts.- Plastic Debris, Microplastics, and Marine Pollution.- Current Status of Marine Litter and Microplastics contamination across India's coastal boundaries - Challenges and Management solutions.

Notă biografică

Dr. Malti Goel is a former adviser, DST, and CSIR Emeritus scientist in the Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India, and is a renowned climate change expert with over 40 years experience in scientific research and policy planning. She obtained her Ph.D. (Physics) and D.I.I.T. (Solid State Physics) degree in First Position with Distinction from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi; M.Sc. (Physics) from Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani, with the first rank receiving a Gold Medal in 1967. She has received several fellowships, awards, and honors including Bharat Jyoti Award 2012 for outstanding contribution to society and Er Avinash Chandra Medal 2006 for excellence in environment education. She is conferred ‘Life Time Achievement Award' in the year 2016 by Pearl Foundation Madurai, for her outstanding contribution to climate change education and research. She is currently engaged in creating an impact on the national scene by human resource development in climate change.

Dr. Neha G. Tripathi is a distinguished climate and sustainability educationist with experience spanning over 20 years in city planning, architecture, and teaching. She obtained her Doctorate in 2013 and Master of Planning (Environmental Planning) degree from the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, where she received the Gold Medal for overall performance. She served as an assistant professor of Environmental Planning at the School of Planning and Architecture in New Delhi from 2013 to 2022. She co-authored the book "Solar Energy Made Simple for a Sustainable Future" published by Springer in 2022. Her extensive research, publications, leadership roles, and awards demonstrate her deep knowledge and commitment to the field of environmental planning and architecture. Currently engaged in pioneering efforts, she is innovating the climate change curriculum for K-12 students in the USA.

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This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the challenges being faced in managing plastic waste and showcases innovative solutions that can mitigate the adverse effects of plastic pollution on the environment. This timely book brings together a multi-disciplinary group of experts to outline the scale and complexity of the plastics pollution issue while advancing innovative and inclusive solutions. Spanning perspectives from policy, industry, advocacy, technology, and academia, the book provides a comprehensive understanding of plastic waste sources, impacts, and management approaches. Policymakers, municipal authorities, industry leaders, entrepreneurs, researchers, students, advocates and informed citizens seeking to drive progress on sustainable plastic waste management will find crucial insights and inspirational models in this book.

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Provides a comprehensive understanding of plastic waste sources, impacts, and management approaches Contains perspectives from policy, industry, advocacy, technology, and academia Brings together a multi-disciplinary group of experts