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dc.contributor.authorMarhoon, Ahmed Mohamed Jaffar Marhoon A
dc.contributor.authorHernandez, Miguel Las Heras
dc.contributor.authorBilly, Romain Guillaume
dc.contributor.authorMüller, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorVerones, Francesca
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-07T09:11:46Z
dc.date.available2024-05-07T09:11:46Z
dc.date.created2024-05-05T20:18:33Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.identifier.issn0013-936X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/3129389
dc.description.abstractThe growing environmental consequences caused by plastic pollution highlight the need for a better understanding of plastic polymer cycles and their associated additives. We present a novel, comprehensive top-down method using inflow-driven dynamic probabilistic material flow analysis (DPMFA) to map the plastic cycle in coastal countries. For the first time, we covered the progressive leaching of microplastics to the environment during the use phase of products and modeled the presence of 232 plastic additives. We applied this methodology to Norway and proposed initial release pathways to different environmental compartments. 758 kt of plastics distributed among 13 different polymers was introduced to the Norwegian economy in 2020, 4.4 Mt was present in in-use stocks, and 632 kt was wasted, of which 15.2 kt (2.4%) was released to the environment with a similar share of macro- and microplastics and 4.8 kt ended up in the ocean. Our study shows tire wear rubber as a highly pollutive microplastic source, while most macroplastics originated from consumer packaging with LDPE, PP, and PET as dominant polymers. Additionally, 75 kt of plastic additives was potentially released to the environment alongside these polymers. We emphasize that upstream measures, such as consumption reduction and changes in product design, would result in the most positive impact for limiting plastic pollution.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherACS Publicationsen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleMapping Plastic and Plastic Additive Cycles in Coastal Countries: A Norwegian Case Studyen_US
dc.title.alternativeMapping Plastic and Plastic Additive Cycles in Coastal Countries: A Norwegian Case Studyen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.source.journalEnvironmental Science and Technologyen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1021/acs.est.3c09176
dc.identifier.cristin2266497
cristin.ispublishedtrue
cristin.fulltextoriginal
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