Investigating the Applicability of Blockchain Technology and Ontology in Plastics Recycling by the Adoption of ZERO Plastic Model

Sandhiya, R.; Ramakrishna, Seeram

doi:10.1007/s42824-020-00013-z

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“…2020 ). Circular Economy (CE) may be a viable option for reducing the harmful impacts of mass-produced plastics, rising consumption, and the usage of plastic items for short periods (Sandhiya and Ramakrishna, 2020 ). The end of the product life is one of the most significant contrasts between linear and circular economies.…”

Section: Strategies To Reduce Mp/npsmentioning

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Micro/nano-plastics occurrence, identification, risk analysis and mitigation: challenges and perspectives

Kiran

Kopperi

Mohan

2022

Rev Environ Sci Biotechnol

134

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Micro/nanoplastics (MP/NPs) are emerging global pollutants that garnered enormous attention due to their potential threat to the ecosystem in virtue of their persistence and accumulation. Notably, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) yearbook in 2014 proposed MPs as one among ten emergent issues that the Earth is facing today. MP/NPs can be found in most regularly used products (primary microplastics) or formed by the fragmentation of bigger plastics (secondary microplastics) and are inextricably discharged into the environment by terrestrial and land-based sources, particularly runoff. They are non-degradable, biologically incompatible, and their presence in the air, soil, water, and food can induce ecotoxicological issues and also a menace to the environment. Due to micro size and diverse chemical nature, MP/NPs easily infiltrate wastewater treatment processes. This communication reviews the current understanding of MP/NPs occurrence, mobility, aggregation behavior, and degradation/assimilation in terrestrial, aquatic (fresh & marine), atmospheric depositions, wetlands and trophic food chain. This communication provide current perspectives and understanding on MP/NPs concerning (1) Source, occurrence, distribution, and properties (2) Impact on the ecosystem and its services, (3) Techniques in detection and identification and (4) Strategies to manage and mitigation.

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Section: Strategies To Reduce Mp/npsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Micro/nano-plastics occurrence, identification, risk analysis and mitigation: challenges and perspectives

Kiran

Kopperi

Mohan

2022

Rev Environ Sci Biotechnol

134

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“…Blockchain Technology can promote plastic recycling, integrate liabilities, and improve the efficiency of the plastic industry. The revolution in plastic recycling using the Blockchain Technology can be realized by overcoming the following difficulties [40] :…”

Section: Blockchain: a Sustainable Utilization For Plastic Waste Redu...mentioning

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Blockchain technology andAI‐facilitated polymers recycling: Utilization, realities, and sustainability

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From the environmental perspective, efficient plastic utilization and its recyclability become significant issues that need to be resolved for deploying urban and sustainable technologies. It is estimated that approximately 400 million tons of plastic are produced each year for different applications. This number will be doubled by 2050, which is a serious problem. The primary issue that arises in a recycling process is associated with optimum supply chain management. The comprehensive and transparent supply chain methodologies will help stockholders to make conclusive policies and precise strategies. Transparency in supply chain management assists in captivating planning, pricing, purchasing, and inventory management decisions. Environmental sustainability requires recycling, which should have innovative concepts like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Block-chain Technology. Manual methods of sorting and segregating the waste have outdated and not much efficient. The inclusion of AI and Blockchain Technology brought a revolution by increasing the efficiency and accuracy of the recycling process. This critical review focused on recycling plastics and plastic waste using AI and Blockchain Technology. Various plastic regulation policies and AI utilization for plastic recycling are discussed. An

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“…Blockchain technology use could support such measures by providing permanent, immutable ledgers onto which to record such information. Similarly, extended producer responsibility, a legal concept in which responsibilities for waste management are shifted from and authorities to the producer of the product identified as part of an integrated regulatory approach for circular economies (Steenmans 2019), could also benefit from having data on product producers and holders on a virtual distributed ledger (Akbarieh et al 2020;Sandhiya and Ramakrishna 2020).…”

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“…In a circular economy, resource and waste streams are reused, recycled, and recovered instead of sent to landfills or incinerated (Kirchherr et al 2017). In the context of emerging practices in the governance of plastics, some studies have investigated the use of blockchain in enhancing plastic product recyclability across product manufacturing and life-cycle management (Chidepatil et al 2020;Sandhiya and Ramakrishna 2020;Khadke Swikriti et al 2021;Liu et al 2021).…”

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Blockchain Technology for Governance of Plastic Waste Management: Where Are We?

2021

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Blockchain technology is emerging as a plausible disruptor of waste management practices that influence the governance of plastics. The interest among the waste management community in the potential and fundamental changes to complex resource management associated with blockchain adoption parallels recent research in other sectors, such as finance, health, public administration, etc. During any comparable period characterized by a step-change in positive coverage of an early-stage technology, it can be challenging for actors to access a grounded, evidence-based oversight of the current state of practice and make informed decisions about whether or how to adopt blockchain technology. The current absence of such a systematic overview of recent experiences with blockchain initiatives disrupting waste practices not only limits the visibility of these experimental efforts, but also limits the learning that can be shared across waste plastics researcher and practitioner communities. This paper contributes with a current overview of blockchain technology adoption in the waste management sector, giving particular attention to implications for the governance of plastics. Our study draws on both primary interview data and secondary documentation data to map the landscape of current blockchain initiatives in the global waste sector. We identify four areas of blockchain use that are beginning to change waste management practices (payment, recycling and reuse rewards, monitoring and tracking of waste, and smart contracts). We conclude by outlining five areas of significant blockchain uses, implications, and influences of relevance to the development of circular plastic waste governance in both research and practice.

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Investigating the Applicability of Blockchain Technology and Ontology in Plastics Recycling by the Adoption of ZERO Plastic Model

Cited by 15 publications

References 18 publications

Micro/nano-plastics occurrence, identification, risk analysis and mitigation: challenges and perspectives

Micro/nano-plastics occurrence, identification, risk analysis and mitigation: challenges and perspectives

Blockchain technology andAI‐facilitated polymers recycling: Utilization, realities, and sustainability

Blockchain Technology for Governance of Plastic Waste Management: Where Are We?

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