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Rethinking of the future sustainable paradigm roadmap for plastic waste management: A multi-nation scale outlook compendium

The myriad consumption of plastic regularly, environmental impact and health disquietude of humans are at high risk. Along the line, international cooperation on a global scale is epitomized to mitigate the environmental threats from plastic usage, not limited to implementing international cooperati...

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Main Authors: Chun, Adrian Minh Loy, Juin, Yau Lim, Bing, Shen How, Yiin, Chung Loong, Sow, Serene Mun Lock, Lam, Ghai Lim, Hatem, Alhamzi, Yoo, ChangKyoo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2023
Subjects:
T Technology (General)
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TP Chemical technology
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41737/1/Rethinking%20of%20the%20future%20sustainable.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41737/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969723020776
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163458
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spelling my.unimas.ir.417372023-04-26T06:03:28Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41737/ Rethinking of the future sustainable paradigm roadmap for plastic waste management: A multi-nation scale outlook compendium Chun, Adrian Minh Loy Juin, Yau Lim Bing, Shen How Yiin, Chung Loong Sow, Serene Mun Lock Lam, Ghai Lim Hatem, Alhamzi Yoo, ChangKyoo T Technology (General) TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TP Chemical technology The myriad consumption of plastic regularly, environmental impact and health disquietude of humans are at high risk. Along the line, international cooperation on a global scale is epitomized to mitigate the environmental threats from plastic usage, not limited to implementing international cooperation strategies and policies. Here, this study aims to provide explicit insight into possible cooperation strategies between countries on the post-treatment and management of plastic. First, a thorough cradle-to-grave assessment in terms of economic, environmental, and energy requirements is conducted on the entire life cycle across different types of plastic polymers in 6 main countries, namely the United States of America, China, Germany, Japan, South Korea, and Malaysia. Subsequently, P-graph is introduced to identify the integrative plastic waste treatment scheme that minimizes the economic, environmental, and energy criteria (1000 sets of solutions are found). Furthermore, TOPSIS analysis is also being adapted to search for a propitious solution with optimal balance between the dominant configuration of economic, environmental, and energy nexus. The most sustainable configuration (i.e., integrated downcycle and reuse routes in a closed loop system except in South Korea, which proposed another alternative to treat the plastic waste using landfill given the cheaper cost) is reported with 4.08 × 108 USD/yr, 1.76× 108 kg CO2/yr, and 2.73 × 109 MJ/yr respectively. To attain a high precision result, Monte-Carlo simulation is introduced (10,000 attempts) to search for possible uncertainties, and lastly, a potential global plastic waste management scheme is proposed via the PESTLE approach. Elsevier B.V. 2023-04-15 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41737/1/Rethinking%20of%20the%20future%20sustainable.pdf Chun, Adrian Minh Loy and Juin, Yau Lim and Bing, Shen How and Yiin, Chung Loong and Sow, Serene Mun Lock and Lam, Ghai Lim and Hatem, Alhamzi and Yoo, ChangKyoo (2023) Rethinking of the future sustainable paradigm roadmap for plastic waste management: A multi-nation scale outlook compendium. Science of The Total Environment. pp. 1-15. ISSN 0048-9697 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969723020776 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163458
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topic T Technology (General)
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TP Chemical technology
spellingShingle T Technology (General)
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
TP Chemical technology
Chun, Adrian Minh Loy
Juin, Yau Lim
Bing, Shen How
Yiin, Chung Loong
Sow, Serene Mun Lock
Lam, Ghai Lim
Hatem, Alhamzi
Yoo, ChangKyoo
Rethinking of the future sustainable paradigm roadmap for plastic waste management: A multi-nation scale outlook compendium
description The myriad consumption of plastic regularly, environmental impact and health disquietude of humans are at high risk. Along the line, international cooperation on a global scale is epitomized to mitigate the environmental threats from plastic usage, not limited to implementing international cooperation strategies and policies. Here, this study aims to provide explicit insight into possible cooperation strategies between countries on the post-treatment and management of plastic. First, a thorough cradle-to-grave assessment in terms of economic, environmental, and energy requirements is conducted on the entire life cycle across different types of plastic polymers in 6 main countries, namely the United States of America, China, Germany, Japan, South Korea, and Malaysia. Subsequently, P-graph is introduced to identify the integrative plastic waste treatment scheme that minimizes the economic, environmental, and energy criteria (1000 sets of solutions are found). Furthermore, TOPSIS analysis is also being adapted to search for a propitious solution with optimal balance between the dominant configuration of economic, environmental, and energy nexus. The most sustainable configuration (i.e., integrated downcycle and reuse routes in a closed loop system except in South Korea, which proposed another alternative to treat the plastic waste using landfill given the cheaper cost) is reported with 4.08 × 108 USD/yr, 1.76× 108 kg CO2/yr, and 2.73 × 109 MJ/yr respectively. To attain a high precision result, Monte-Carlo simulation is introduced (10,000 attempts) to search for possible uncertainties, and lastly, a potential global plastic waste management scheme is proposed via the PESTLE approach.
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author Chun, Adrian Minh Loy
Juin, Yau Lim
Bing, Shen How
Yiin, Chung Loong
Sow, Serene Mun Lock
Lam, Ghai Lim
Hatem, Alhamzi
Yoo, ChangKyoo
author_facet Chun, Adrian Minh Loy
Juin, Yau Lim
Bing, Shen How
Yiin, Chung Loong
Sow, Serene Mun Lock
Lam, Ghai Lim
Hatem, Alhamzi
Yoo, ChangKyoo
author_sort Chun, Adrian Minh Loy
title Rethinking of the future sustainable paradigm roadmap for plastic waste management: A multi-nation scale outlook compendium
title_short Rethinking of the future sustainable paradigm roadmap for plastic waste management: A multi-nation scale outlook compendium
title_full Rethinking of the future sustainable paradigm roadmap for plastic waste management: A multi-nation scale outlook compendium
title_fullStr Rethinking of the future sustainable paradigm roadmap for plastic waste management: A multi-nation scale outlook compendium
title_full_unstemmed Rethinking of the future sustainable paradigm roadmap for plastic waste management: A multi-nation scale outlook compendium
title_sort rethinking of the future sustainable paradigm roadmap for plastic waste management: a multi-nation scale outlook compendium
publisher Elsevier B.V.
publishDate 2023
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41737/1/Rethinking%20of%20the%20future%20sustainable.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/41737/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969723020776
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163458
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