Plastics and microplastics a reference handbook /

"Plastics and Microplastics: A Reference Handbook discusses the history and evolution of plastic and its many uses, both in the United States and around the world"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Newton, David E. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2021]
Series:Contemporary world issues.
Physical Description:
xv, 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects:
Plastics.
Microplastics.
Contents:
  • Background and history
  • Problems, controversies, and solutions
  • Perspectives
  • Profiles
  • Data and documents.
  • Background and History. Plastics in daily life
  • Plastic pollution
  • Microplastics.
  • Problems, controversies, and solutions. Plastics production
  • Disposal of plastic wastes
  • Environmental effects of plastics
  • Human health
  • Solutions
  • Public opinion and legislation.
  • Perspectives. Environmental education that empowers students / Ashlie Arkwright
  • Microplastics and plankton / Cherilyn Chin-- Microplastics are everywhere: threatening the health of the planet and future of humanity / Mark Friedman
  • How to be more eco-conscious / Pratibha Gopalakrishna
  • Biological recycling of polyethylene shopping bags / Joel Grossman
  • Impacts of plastic on sea turtles / Jake Krauss
  • - What is the true cost of microplastic pollution on our health? / Kara Rogers
  • Small town makes big impact / Diana Reynolds Roome
  • Environmental hazards of bottled water / Ellen Rubin
  • The reckoning / Das Soligo.
  • Profiles. Alliance to End Plastic Waste
  • Leo Baekeland (1863-1944)
  • Wallace Carothers (1896-1937)
  • The 5 Gyres Institute
  • Greenpeace
  • Walter Lincoln Hawkins (1911-1992)
  • Stephanie Kwolek (1923-2014)
  • Charles J. Moore (dates unavailable)
  • Alexander Parkes (1813-1890)
  • Boyan Slat (1994- )
  • Surfrider Foundation.
  • Data and documents. Global production of plastics, 1950-2015
  • Disposal of plastic wastes, 1980-2015 (%)
  • Plastic use by sector (2015)
  • Per capita plastic waste for selected countries, 2010
  • Plastic production and disposal in the United States, selected years
  • Microplastic concentration at various points in the United States
  • Fate of all plastics produced worldwide, 1980-2015
  • Global production of various types of plastics for 2015
  • Forms of polyethylene
  • Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act (1987)
  • Policy Memorandum 11-03 ("Water Bottle Ban") (2011); Discontinuation of policy (2017)
  • Microbead-Free Waters Act of 2015
  • Effects of Microplastics on Aquatic Organisms (2016)
  • No More Plastics in the Oceans (2017)
  • City of Laredo, Texas, Petitioner, v. Laredo Merchants Association (NO. 16-0748) (2018)
  • Plastic Bag Bill (Connecticut) (2019); Plastic Bag Bill (Idaho) (2016)
  • A Circular Economy for Plastics (2019)
  • Save Our Seas Bill (S.1982) (2019)
  • Plastic or Bioplastic Disposable Food Service Ware (2019)
  • San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeeper and S. Diane Wilson v. Formosa Plastics Corp., Texas, and Formosa Plastics Corp., U.S.A. (2019)
  • Udall-Lowenthal Bill (2020).

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