ReviewHeliyon2020
Plastic wastes: environmental hazard and instrument for wealth creation in Nigeria.
Review in Heliyon, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 204 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Functionalized recycled polyethylene terephthalate plastic by rare earth oxide for electronic device and housing infrastructure applications.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Structural and Mechanical Properties of Recycled HDPE with Milled GFRP as a Filler.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Waste Plastic to Roads - HDPE-modified Bitumen and PET Plastic Fibres for Road Maintenance in South Africa: A Review.Waste management & research : the journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA · 2024Review
- Migration and accumulation patterns of plastic waste in the environment: A comprehensive simulation study.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Isolation and characterization of bio-prospecting gut strains Bacillus safensis CGK192 and Bacillus australimaris CGK221 for plastic (HDPE) degradation.Biotechnology letters · 2024Article
- Critical methods of geopolymer feedstocks activation for suitable industrial applications.Heliyon · 2024Review
- Synthetic Degradable Polyvinyl Alcohol Polymer and Its Blends with Starch and Cellulose-A Comprehensive Overview.Polymers · 2024Review
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- Facemask: Protection or threat?Marine pollution bulletin · 2023Article
- Performance Evaluation of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Containing Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Using Wet and Dry Mixing Techniques.Polymers · 2023Article
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- Micrococcus luteus strain CGK112 isolated from cow dung demonstrated efficient biofilm-forming ability and degradation potential toward high-density polyethylene (HDPE).Archives of microbiology · 2022Article
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Combating the menace of plastic waste pollution has become a global environmental challenge. Plastic pollution is capable of affecting land, waterways and oceans as a large percentage of marine and land creatures have died due to the fact that plastic is non-biodegradable and it causes hazards to soil. It also emits toxic gasses when exposed or heated up. It blocks drainage lines and fill up land space causing floods and erosion thereby causing deterioration of the Nigerian roads. Plastics wastes are also harmful to human health; they may contain harmful acids which may lead to death. Nigeria, which is the biggest oil exporting country in Africa, relies mainly on the proceeds of the oil trade for its GDP and based strategy in growing her economy. However, with the declination of oil prices and increase in plastic wastes, the world is tending towards energy and sustainable development. Therefore, an urgent need for recycling plastic wastes into a solution for wealth creation is fundamental in Nigeria. This paper therefore seeks to identify favorable methods for recycling plastic wastes in Nigeria as a tool for solution to diversification and implementation. Evidence based examples are illustrated in the article with viable solution recommended for implementation.
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