Analysis and Solutions for Plastic Pollution in US

Jianan Wang

No 45bq8, SocArXiv from Center for Open Science

Abstract: This paper discusses the reasons of plastic pollution in the US in several aspects. The key point of pollution is massive disposable plastics and people should say no to them sooner or later. Then there are 4 alternative policies for solving the problem. All of them are evaluated, analyzed as well as some possible trade-offs. The current best choice is to increase landfill density while producing CH4 from landfill suit as a sustainable trade-off, and develop microorganisms of degrading plastics. But developing proper replacements through biotechnology and chemistry technologies will be the ultimate solution.

Date: 2018-07-24
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DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/45bq8

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