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Policy Brief: Developing Safer Alternatives to Conventional Plastics and Supporting the Use of Reusable Products Can Reduce Harm to Health and the Environment

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Researchers at ASU have identified opportunities to reduce risk to human health and the environment by changing the composition and disposal practices of polymers. Although plastics have benefited society in innumerable ways, the resulting omnipresence of plastics in society has led to concerns about the hazards of constant, low-level exposure and the search for options for sustainable disposal.

The team used examples from public health and medicine-sectors that have particularly benefited from polymer applications, to highlight the benefits of using plastics in certain applications and to pinpoint opportunities for reducing risks from all plastics’ uses. These include phasing out polymers that contain components associated with negative health effects, diminishing the need to dispose of large quantities of plastic through reduction and reuse, and promoting and developing less harmful alternatives to conventional plastics.

For additional discussion please see the publication Plastics and Environmental Health: the Road Ahead available online here.

Contributors
  • North, Emily (Author)
  • Halden, Rolf U. (Author)
  • Chester, Mikhail Vin (Author)
  • Hurlbut, J. Benjamin (Author)
  • Arizona State University. School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment (Contributor)
  • Arizona State University. Center for Earth Systems Engineering and Management (Contributor)
Topical Subject
  • Plastics
  • Biodegradable plastics
  • Environmental health
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Center for Earth Systems Engineering and Management
Identifier
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SSEBE-CESEM-2013-RPR-002
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No
Open Access
No
Series
Research Project Report Series
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.18325
Collaborating institutions
School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment (SSEBE) / Center for Earth Systems Engineering and Management
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  • 2013-08-20 12:13:04
System Modified
  • 2021-06-10 11:57:39
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  • 1 year 9 months ago
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  • MODS XML

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