| Title |
Green economy and waste management: An inevitable plan for materials science |
| ID_Doc |
27992 |
| Authors |
Nandy, S; Fortunato, E; Martins, R |
| Title |
Green economy and waste management: An inevitable plan for materials science |
| Year |
2022 |
| Published |
Progress In Natural Science-Materials International, 32.0, 1 |
| DOI |
10.1016/j.pnsc.2022.01.001 |
| Abstract |
Covid is giving us many lessons among which one must be to realize that this is the time to act for sustainable future. The smart world around us has made it inevitable to have an alarming situation regarding the uncontrolled growth of waste products such as plastic and electronic wastes. Both are immense threats to the health of human, wildlife and environment, that eventually affect the societal and economic structures as evident from recent Covid-crisis. The proper management of these wastes and innovating ideas for new sustainable technologies are the need of the hour. Circular economy act with green technology (green economy) is the way to tackle this challenge. Current perspective presents the overview of the scenario regarding these burgeoning issues and demonstrates some measures that are taken or being considered to depend on to come out of them. |
| Author Keywords |
Plastic waste management; Medical waste management; Electronic waste management; Circular economy; Green technology; Sustainable world |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) |
| EID |
WOS:000760759400001 |
| WoS Category |
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary; Multidisciplinary Sciences |
| Research Area |
Materials Science; Science & Technology - Other Topics |
| PDF |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pnsc.2022.01.001
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