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A comparative study of indexes used for litter pollution assessment in urban and public environments.
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11 citing papers in PubMed.
- Spatial variation of litter density and associated PAHs leakage on Aras River bank.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A case study on litter management and clean environment index in small tourism cities.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Study of the impact of citizens' perceived behavioral control on waste littering behavior and the resulting environmental status.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Assessment of cigarette butt pollution and its Spatial distribution in Northeastern Iran.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Temporal analysis of cigarette butt accumulation on a touristic beach in Cartagena, Colombia.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2025Article
- The first using developed clean environment index for assessment of the environment pollution caused by littering behavior.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Estimation of concentration and risk assessment of PAHs in urban water resources due to cigarette butt littering.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Study of the litter in the urban environment as primary and secondary microplastics sources.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Does smartphone use encourage farmers to participate in centralized household waste disposal?Heliyon · 2024Article
- Study of pollution status in urban environment caused by attitude and waste littering behavior of citizens.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Study of the impact of structural factors and cleaning efficiency in reducing hazardous litter density and its related pollution in urban environment.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
Litter is a common pollution in the urban environment and public places such as beaches, which has serious health and economic consequences. Several indexes are used to interpret the pollution status caused by litter, which have different limitations and strengths. In this review, the efficiency and characteristics of different indexes were compared. For this purpose, related articles were searched in Scopus, PubMed, and Web of Knowledge, and after screening, 21 articles were selected. The main questions of this study included factors affecting the interpretation of pollution in different indexes and the criteria considered in each index. The results showed that the existing indexes based on the type of litter include two categories of comprehensive indexes such as Clean Environment Index and specific indexes such as Cigarette Butt Pollution Index. Also, the index can be divided into two categories in terms of spatial application, including general indexes such as Environmental Status and specific indexes such as Clean Coast Index. An important difference in the indexes is the importance of the impact of the pollution potential of different litter in the assessment of the status in indexes such as Clean Environment Index and Environmental Status, while indexes such as Clean Coast Index evaluate the status based only on the density of litter. According to the capabilities of each of the indexes, it is necessary to pay attention to the local needs as well as the characteristics of each index in using in urban management plans.
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