Plastic pollution is a growing global problem, which negatively affects human health and livelihoods as well as the climate and ecosystems. There are approximately seven billion tonnes of unrecycled plastic in the world today – in landfills, oceans, rivers and in the biosphere. Plastic debris is currently …
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ISO definitions of key terms for plastic pollution
Year of publication: 2023 | Edition: 1
This publication highlights key areas in which ISO standards provide useful terminology applicable to the plastics field. The short overview is presented together with a list of full definitions taken from the relevant standards.