Microplastics pollution: Economic loss and actions needed

Changlei Xia; Liping Cai; Su Shiung Lam; Christian Sonne

doi:10.1016/j.eehl.2023.04.001

Microplastics pollution: Economic loss and actions needed

Eco Environ Health. 2023 Apr 26;2(2):41-42. doi: 10.1016/j.eehl.2023.04.001. eCollection 2023 Jun.

Authors

Changlei Xia¹, Liping Cai¹, Su Shiung Lam^{2

3}, Christian Sonne^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.
² Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries (AKUATROP), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia.
³ University Centre for Research and Development, Department of Chemistry, Chandigarh University, Gharuan, Mohali, Punjab, India.
⁴ Aarhus University, Faculty of Technological Sciences, Department of Ecoscience, DK-4000, Roskilde, Denmark.
⁵ Sustainability Cluster, School of Engineering, University of Petroleum & Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248007, India.

Abstract

•Microplastic pollution threats environmental and human health.•The resolution of End Plastic Pollution promotes the global strategy against plastic pollution.•The governments should launch relevant policies to implement this resolution.