ReviewHeliyon2018
Resource or waste? A perspective of plastics degradation in soil with a focus on end-of-life options.
Review in Heliyon, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed.
- Synergistic Enhancement of Freeze-Thaw Durability and Structural Integrity in Silty Clay Through Combined Microbial Carbonate Precipitation and Anionic Polyacrylamide Modification.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Resource or waste? A perspective of plastics degradation in soil with a focus on end-of-life options. One step beyond.Heliyon · 2024Review
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- Marine-Derived Actinomycetes: Biodegradation of Plastics and Formation of PHA Bioplastics-A Circular Bioeconomy Approach.Marine drugs · 2022Article
- Myco-degradation of microplastics: an account of identified pathways and analytical methods for their determination.Biodegradation · 2022Review
- An Overview into Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Hydrolases and Efforts in Tailoring Enzymes for Improved Plastic Degradation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
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- Recycling of plastic wastes generated from COVID-19: A comprehensive illustration of type and properties of plastics with remedial options.The Science of the total environment · 2022Review
- Polyethylene terephthalate clamps: Optimization in endodontic and restorative practices.Journal of clinical and experimental dentistry · 2022Article
- Perspectives on the Role of Enzymatic Biocatalysis for the Degradation of Plastic PET.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- Recent Advancements in Plastic Packaging Recycling: A Mini-Review.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Cellulose Nanocrystals and Corn Zein Oxygen and Water Vapor Barrier Biocomposite Films.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Potential Effects of Microplastic on Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi.Frontiers in plant science · 2021Article
- Microplastics: A Review of Methodology for Sampling and Characterizing Environmental and Biological Samples.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2021Review
- Functional expression of polyethylene terephthalate-degrading enzyme (PETase) in green microalgae.Microbial cell factories · 2020Article
- Maleic anhydride grafted onto high density polyethylene with an enhanced grafting degree via monomer microencapsulation.Heliyon · 2020Article
- Glycerolysis of Poly(lactic acid) as a Way to Extend the "Life Cycle" of This Material.Polymers · 2019Article
- Fuel oil generated from the cogon grass-derived Al-Si (Heliyon · 2019Article
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Abstract
'Capable-of-being-shaped' synthetic compounds are prevailing today over horn, bone, leather, wood, stone, metal, glass, or ceramic in products that were previously left to natural materials. Plastic is, in fact, economical, simple, adaptable, and waterproof. Also, it is durable and resilient to natural degradation (although microbial species capable of degrading plastics do exist). In becoming a waste, plastic accumulation adversely affects ecosystems. The majority of plastic debris pollutes waters, accumulating in oceans. And, the behaviour and the quantity of plastic, which has become waste, are rather well documented in the water, in fact. This review collects existing information on plastics in the soil, paying particular attention to both their degradation and possible re-uses. The use of plastics in agriculture is also considered. The discussion is organised according to their resin type and the identification codes used in recycling programs. In addition, options for post-consumer plastics are considered. Acknowledged indicators do not exist, and future study they will have to identify viable and shared methods to measure the presence and the degradation of individual polymers in soils.
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