ReviewCommunications earth & environment2025
Plastics matter in the food system.
Review in Communications earth & environment, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Grafting of bacterial cellulose nanofibers with polylactic acid (PLA) enables homogeneous dispersion in PLA and improved strength and stiffness without loss of ductility.RSC advances · 2026Article
- Three-dimensional transient thermal barcode for waste plastic identification.Communications engineering · 2026Article
- Biofouled Micro- and Nanoplastics as Reactive Platforms for Potentially Toxic Element Transformation.Environmental science & technology · 2026Review
- Microplastic-Mediated Delivery of Di-butyl Phthalate AltersMicroplastics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Recent Advances in MXene-Based Composites for Their Efficiency in the Degradation of Antibiotics and Water Splitting.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The interactions of non-functionalized polystyrene nanoparticles with human albumin and erythrocyte proteins: implications and potential consequences.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Health impacts of exposure to synthetic chemicals in food.Nature medicine · 2025Review
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Abstract
Agriculture and food systems are major sources of plastic pollution but they are also vulnerable to their diverse lifecycle impacts. However, this problem is not well-recognized in global policy and scientific discourse, agendas, and monitoring of food systems. The United Nations-led Global Plastics Treaty, which has been under negotiation since 2022, is a critical opportunity to address pollution across the entire plastics lifecycle for more sustainable and resilient food systems. Here, we offer aspirational indicators for future monitoring of food systems' plastics related to (1) plastic polymers and chemicals, (2) land use, (3) trade and waste, and (4) environmental and human health. We call for interdisciplinary research collaborations to continue improving and harmonising the evidence base necessary to track and trace plastics and plastic chemicals in food systems. We also highlight the need for collaboration across disciplines and sectors to tackle this urgent challenge for biodiversity, climate change, food security and nutrition, health and human rights at a whole systems level.
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