Yuan Xiangzhou, Wang Xiaonan, Sarkar Binoy, Ok Yong Sik
Korea Biochar Research Center, APRU Sustainable Waste Management Program & Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Nat Rev Earth Environ. 2021;2(10):659-660. doi: 10.1038/s43017-021-00223-2. Epub 2021 Sep 27.
The COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating plastic pollution. A shift in waste management practices is thus urgently needed to close the plastic loop, requiring governments, researchers and industries working towards intelligent design and sustainable upcycling.
新冠疫情正在加剧塑料污染。因此,迫切需要转变废物管理方式,以实现塑料循环利用,这需要政府、研究人员和行业共同致力于智能设计和可持续的升级再造。