Plastiglomerates from uncontrolled burning of plastic waste on Indonesian beaches contain high contents of organic pollutants

Abstract This study reports on plastiglomerate and other new forms of plastic pollution in the tropical marine continent of Indonesia. Twenty-five samples were collected from an island beach in the Java Sea where plastiglomerate, plasticrusts, and pyroplastic were formed by the uncontrolled burning...

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Main Authors: Dwi Amanda Utami, Lars Reuning, Lorenz Schwark, Gernot Friedrichs, Ludwig Dittmer, Ayu Utami Nurhidayati, Ahmad Al Fauzan, Sri Yudawati Cahyarini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-37594-z