Prospective Research: Plastic City: Prospecting the plastic environmental debt in the Brussels Region – present status and future projections (BRGEOZ417)

Plastic-City focuses on the environmental debt linked to the massive production, use and misuse, and end of-life management of synthetic plastic materials. It has been proved that this debt has dramatically
increased in the last 2 years due to the ongoing COVID crises (increased use of single-use medical care
material such as face masks in polypropylene)

Keywords:microplastics, environmental chemistry, eco-toxicology, ecosystem impact assessment, aquatic systems

Disciplines:Environmental chemistry