Calabrò Paolo S, Grosso Mario
Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Department of Civil, Energy, Environmental and Materials Engineering, Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Politecnico di Milano, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Milan, Italy.
Waste Manag. 2018 Aug;78:800-801. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2018.06.054. Epub 2018 Jul 3.
Pollution of the marine environment due to plastic materials is one of the most severe environmental problems humanity has to face in the 21st century. The strategy devised until now to address this issue is mainly based on two pillars: (1) increasing the interception of discarded plastic wastes by waste management systems; and (2) substituting the traditional "petro-based" polymers with biodegradable ones. Many issues on the overall sustainability of the second option by the waste management system must still be clarified.
塑料材料对海洋环境的污染是人类在21世纪不得不面对的最严峻的环境问题之一。到目前为止，为解决这一问题而制定的策略主要基于两大支柱：（1）通过废物管理系统增加对废弃塑料垃圾的拦截；（2）用可生物降解的聚合物替代传统的“石油基”聚合物。废物管理系统对第二种选择的整体可持续性的许多问题仍有待阐明。
