Risk of plastics losses to the environment from Indian landfills

Yadav, Vinay; Sherly, Mazhuvanchery Avarachen; Ranjan, Pallav; Prasad, V.; Tinoco, Rafael O.; Laurent, Alexis

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106610

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“…Landfills play a substantial role in the global environmental leakage of plastic, particularly in Asian countries where mismanaged landfill and open disposal sites are prevalent [5,6]. According to estimates, between 21 and 42 percent of the world's plastic waste is deposited in landfills [7].…”

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Potential of Plastic Waste Leakage to Environment in Indonesian Final Disposal

Ramadan,

Sembiring

2023

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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The majority of developing nations still utilize landfills as their primary method of disposing of municipal solid waste (MSW), and Indonesia is no exception to this technology. On the other hand, landfill contributes a significant fraction of plastic in the global environmental leakage from mismanaged landfill and open dumping site in Asian countries. Furthermore, Indonesia has a long history of landfill mismanagement and open dumping. The loss of plastic to the environment could lead to multisectoral impacts on the health, environment, and economy. In this paper, we analyze the current situation of landfill and the potential of plastic waste leakage from landfills to the environment using systematic review and metadata analysis using GIS in Indonesia. In addition, this study analyses potential plastic leakage based on the distance to the waterways, leachate treatment facility and landfill facility. Based on the analysis, only around 11% of the landfill were claimed as sanitary landfill, yet only 3% operated based on the sanitary landfill standard of Indonesia after the analysis. The controlled landfill is also implemented in Indonesia at around 52%, and open dumping is around 37% of total final disposal. Based on the GIS analysis, more than 20% of landfill in Indonesia are near the waterways, which increase the potential for plastic leakage. Policymakers can use the resulting study to identify and prioritise ways to stop the environmental leakage of plastics from landfills.

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Potential of Plastic Waste Leakage to Environment in Indonesian Final Disposal

Ramadan,

Sembiring

2023

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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“…As a result of poor waste management practices (Fig. 1), which includes open dumps, coastal littering, inefficient filtration of smaller particles in wastewater treatment plants, industrial, domestic, fishing and shipping activities, etc., many of these plastics produced are lost to the environment conveyed by wind, flooding, leaching, surface runoffs, inland waterways, animals and humans; thus, about 12 million tonnes of plastic wastes leak into the oceans annually (Ryberg et al, 2019;Yadav et al, 2020;Alkimin et al, 2022;Yadav et al, 2022;Veropalumbo et al, 2023). Approximately 9.2 million tonnes of plastics were lost to the environment in 2015 (Ryberg et al, 2019).…”

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“…Plastics are made up of a variety of compounds such as polymers, plasticisers and dyes which have potential hazardous effects (Enyoh et al, 2022). In the environment, plastics not only cause significant damages to aquatic life, but also to human health and the tourism industry (Yadav et al, 2022). Plastics have the ability to deteriorate and break down into smaller particles known as nanoplastics (NPs) and microplastics (MPs).…”

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Plastic Wastes in the Aquatic Environment: Ecotoxicological Impacts and Mitigation Strategies

Okeke,

Osineye,

Okeke

2023

Advances in Biological Sciences Research

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Plastic products are in high demand due to their broad applications, resulting to a corresponding rise in the production of plastics. As a result of poor waste management practices such as uncontrolled open dumping, coastal littering, fishing, shipping and other industrial activities, plastics end up in the aquatic environment, where they accumulate as wastes. Recent studies on the abundance/concentration of plastic wastes in the aquatic environment and their resultant ecotoxicological impacts, as well as possible mitigation strategies were reviewed in this paper. Plastics do not decompose easily, and can break down into smaller particles known as nanoplastics (NPs) and microplastics (MPs) which are excellent vectors and sorbents of persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals and pathogenic microbes. NPs and MPs are easily distributed in the environment and also along trophic levels in the food web, and ultimately to humans, while their component chemicals/additives, which are mostly toxic, dissociate and accumulate in living organisms. Multiple studies reported the presence of significant amount of plastics in sediments, water and biota samples. Exposure of aquatic organisms to plastic wastes reportedly caused starvation, entanglement, suffocation, growth retardation, oxidative stress, cytotoxicity, reproductive and metabolic disorders, damage of the digestive tract, mortality, etc. They also induced apoptosis, affected the metabolism of sex hormones, and increased the risk of cancer and metabolic disorder in humans. Proposed mitigation strategies for plastic pollution include recycling and conversion of plastic waste to energy and valueadded products, regulations of usage, reduced usage, bans, use of biodegradable plastics, and public awareness programs.

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