Comprehensive resource on innovative and breakthrough developments in plastic waste management, covering a wide range of processing techniques and applications

Plastic Waste Management offers a complete guide to the best plastic waste management practices through recycling, incineration, landfill, and other processes, discusses applications of plastic waste management including energy generation, biochemical production, construction, and food packaging, covering current challenges relating to plastic waste, explaining the sources of waste and their routes into the environment, and providing systematic coverage of plastic waste treatment methods, including mechanical processing, monomerization, blast furnace feedstock, gasification, and thermal recycling.

The book also discusses different biodegradation mechanisms of plastic wastes and ecotoxicity and ecological Implications of marine plastic debris. From a cultural perspective, the book provides information regarding environmental and health implications, societal issues, and current challenges associated with plastic waste management.

Written by leading experts in the field and edited by two highly qualified academics, Plastic Waste Management covers specific sample topics such as:

• A a roadmap towards a circular economy and environmental sustainability via effective management strategies for plastic wastes
• Implementation of an analytical hierarchy process for developing better waste collection systems, and chemical recycling of plastic waste for sustainable development
• Mechanisms, perspectives, and challenges for natural biodegradation of plastic wastes, and conversion of plastic wastes into value added materials
• Plastic wastes management and disposal in developing countries, and challenges and strategies for plastic waste management during and post COVID-19 pandemic

Plastic Waste Management is a highly valuable resource for scientists and researchers working in the fields of environmental science, environmental engineering, and plastic engineering towards the goal of developing sustainable materials, along with graduate and postgraduate students in related programs of study, and professionals and engineers in related industries.

Preface xv

1 Introduction to Plastic Wastes: Processing Methods, Environmental and Health Implications 1
Ali Mahmoudnia, Behnam Nejati, Mahsa Kianmehr, Masood R. Deiranloei, and Farshad G. Kootenaei

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Plastic materials: Composition and Classification 2

1.3 Techniques of Plastic Processing 5

1.4 Global Plastic Production 6

1.5 The Health and Environmental Effects of Plastic Debris 10

1.6 Management Strategies for Plastic Debris 20

1.7 Conclusion 23

2 Management Strategies for Plastic Wastes: A Roadmap Toward Circular Economy and Environmental Sustainability 31
Tarhemba Tobias Nyam, Olusola Olaitan Ayeleru, Ishmael Matala Ramatsa, and Peter Apata Olubambi

2.1 Introduction 31

2.2 Waste Plastics Management Strategies 33

2.3 Recycling and Reuse of Waste Plastic in a Circular Economy 42

2.4 Circular Economy in Waste Plastic Management 43

2.5 Conclusions 48

3 Implementation of Analytical Hierarchy Process for Developing Better Waste Collection System 55
Sharafat Ali, Yasir Ahmed Solangi, Waqas Ahmed, Muhammad Asghar, and Arbab Mustafa

3.1 Introduction 55

3.2 Barriers to Better Waste Collection and Management Systems 58

3.3 Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process 65

3.4 Prioritization of Barriers and Sub-Barriers of Developing Better Waste Collection System 71

3.5 Conclusions 79

4 Processing and Recycling of Plastic Wastes for Sustainable Material Management 89
Dayanand Sharma, Nandini Moondra, Ranjeet K. Bharatee, Anudeep Nema, Kumari Sweta, Manoj K. Yadav, and Nityanand Singh Maurya

4.1 Introduction 89

4.2 Collection, Recycling, and Processing of Plastic Waste: Case Studies

4.3 Integrated Solid Waste Management 94

4.4 Plastic Waste Management: Recent Approaches 98

4.5 Treatment of Plastics with Composting 104

4.6 Utilizations of Plastic Waste as Civil Construction Materials 105

4.7 Public Health Effects of Plastic Wastes 107

4.8 The Effect of Plastic Waste on Land and Ocean Animal 111

4.9 Conclusion 113

5 Chemical Recycling of Plastic Waste for Sustainable Development 117
Mamoona Sadia, Abid Mahmood, and Muhammad Ibrahim

5.1 Introduction 117

5.2 Plastic Consumption, Waste Production, and Issues 118

5.3 Plastics Waste and Plastic Properties 120

5.4 Plastic Waste and Sustainable Development 121

5.5 Challenges Associated with Plastic Chemical Recycling 133

5.6 Future Perspectives 135

5.7 Conclusion 135

6 Plastic Wastes Management and Disposal in Developing Countries: Challenges and Future Perspectives 145
Mamoona Sadia, Abid Mahmood, Muhammad Ibrahim, Tanvir Shahzad, Muhammad Imran Arshad, Ayesha Sana, and Silvia M. M. Machado

6.1 Introduction 145

6.2 Methods of Research 147

6.3 Results 147

6.4 Plastic Waste Reduction: Challenges and Recommendations 160

6.5 Conclusion 164

7 Plastic Waste Management During and Post COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Strategies 173
Biswajeet Acharya, Amulyaratna Behera, Kalim Deshmukh, and Srikanta Moharana

7.1 Introduction 173

7.2 Biomedical Plastic Wastes' Environmental Effects? 175

7.3 Impact of COVID-19 on Plastic Waste Generation 176

7.4 Packaging Plastic During and Post COVID-19 Pandemics 178

7.5 Types of Plastic Product Use During and Post COVID-19 Pandemics 180

7.6 The Status of Uses of Personal Protective Equipment Before, During, and Post COVID-19 Pandemic 180

7.7 Major Material and Composition used During the Production of PPE During Pandemic 181

7.8 Status of Biodegradable and Nonbiodegradable Plastics Used in COVID-19 Management 182

7.9 Role of Medical Waste on the Plasti