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Marine Environmental Pollution Control: A Sustainable Perspective

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Pollution Prevention, Mitigation and Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 October 2022) | Viewed by 6788

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Nsikak U. Benson

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Department of Chemistry, Covenant University, 112233 Ota, Nigeria
Interests: marine biogeochemistry; environmental toxicology; marine plastic pollution; environmental nanotoxicology; environmental biogeochemistry of micropollutants; climate change
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Prof. Dr. Akan Williams

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Department of Chemistry, Covenant University, 112104 Ota, Nigeria
Interests: marine pollution; environmental chemistry; ecotoxicology, petroleum chemistry; climate change; biofuel production
Dr. Adebusayo Adedapo

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Department of Chemistry, Covenant University, 112104 Ota, Nigeria
Interests: marine biogeochemistry; climate change; analytical method development; environmental pollution control
Dr. Omowunmi Fred-Ahmadu

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Department of Chemistry, Covenant University, 112104 Ota, Nigeria
Interests: microplastic pollution; environmental chemistry; climate change; toxicology and risk assessment

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Marine pollution caused by human activities continues to be a growing environmental problem. Chemical pollutants such as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), microplastics, endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs), pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), heavy metals, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) entering the marine environment appear to be endangering marine biota by bioaccumulating and then biomagnifying toxic compounds at each successive trophic level of food chains and food webs. While the (eco)toxicological effects and mechanisms of toxicity of chemical pollutants on marine flora and fauna are widely reported, adequate and sustainable control of legacy and emerging marine pollutants and associated land-based sources are still evolving. The global marine ecosystems have been impacted by widely occurring anthropogenic chemical contaminants. However, controlling these chemical pollutants sustainably is vital to maintaining the balance of ocean ecosystem biodiversity and services. This Special Issue focuses on the environmental fate of emerging chemical contaminants and provides insight into the development of emerging chemical pollution control strategies in the marine environment. This Special Issue welcomes the latest original research papers, review articles, perspective articles, mini-reviews, opinions, and short communications describing the current state-of-the-art technologies in controlling emerging chemical pollutants in marine environments. High-quality papers on the environmental behaviour of chemical contaminants in all compartments of the marine ecosystem, including sediments, microlayers, surface and mixed-layer seawaters, and marine biota, will be considered. The Special Issue will also highlight the existing mechanisms of sustainable pollution control and focus on recent advances in achieving a safe marine environment.

The scope of this Special Issue includes but is not limited to the following:

  1. Marine environmental fate and transport of legacy and emerging chemical pollutants.
  2. Bioaccumulation, trophic transfer and biomagnification of pollutants in marine food chains and food webs.
  3. Fate, transport, effects and control of persistent organic pollutants in the marine environment.
  4. Marine plastic pollution, ecotoxicological impacts and control technologies.
  5. Heavy metals occurrence and nanotechnological removal approaches in marine environmental compartments.
  6. Marine noise pollution and control.
  7. Environmental management of emerging chemical pollutants.
  8. Sustainable control technologies of emerging chemical pollutants.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Nsikak Benson
Prof. Dr. Akan Williams
Dr. Adebusayo Adedapo
Dr. Omowunmi Fred-Ahmadu
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • marine pollution
  • emerging chemical pollutants
  • ecotoxicology
  • marine contaminants
  • environmental management
  • marine environment sustainability
  • sustainable control technology

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Formulating an Excise Duty on Plastic: A Strategy to Manage Marine Plastic Waste in Indonesia
by Okto Irianto, Kosuke Mizuno, Safri Burhanuddin and Ninasapti Triaswati
Sustainability 2022, 14(23), 16287; https://doi.org/10.3390/su142316287 - 6 Dec 2022
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Plastic excise duty is one of the programs prescribed to combat the marine waste problem in Indonesia. This article presents an insight into the formulation of the government regulations needed to implement plastic excise duty. Initially planned to be implemented by 2018, the [...] Read more.
Plastic excise duty is one of the programs prescribed to combat the marine waste problem in Indonesia. This article presents an insight into the formulation of the government regulations needed to implement plastic excise duty. Initially planned to be implemented by 2018, the program is still in the process almost five years later. This article aims to identify the core issues discussed in the process, the stakeholders playing the central role, and their perspectives by interviewing key informants involved in the inter-ministerial committee. This research identified four ministries as definitive stakeholders as representatives of fiscal, industrial, and environmental groups. These groups have distinct interests in five core issues discussed during the negotiation process: the urgency of implementing an excise duty, its goals, scope of implementation, rate of tariff, and the settings for earmarking. This research found that environmental consideration was the central premise during the interministerial negotiation. However, the government’s hesitation to immediately implement an excise on plastic bags shows that currently, the government tends to prioritize economic considerations Full article
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Agglomeration–Flotation of Microplastics Using Kerosene as Bridging Liquid for Particle Size Enlargement
by Pongsiri Julapong, Jiraphon Ekasin, Pattaranun Katethol, Palot Srichonphaisarn, Onchanok Juntarasakul, Apisit Numprasanthai, Carlito Baltazar Tabelin and Theerayut Phengsaart
Sustainability 2022, 14(23), 15584; https://doi.org/10.3390/su142315584 - 23 Nov 2022
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Microplastics (MPs), defined as plastics with diameters between 1 and 5000 µm, are problematic pollutants in the environment, but their removal is challenging because of their minute size. One promising approach for their removal is flotation because MPs are inherently hydrophobic. However, the [...] Read more.
Microplastics (MPs), defined as plastics with diameters between 1 and 5000 µm, are problematic pollutants in the environment, but their removal is challenging because of their minute size. One promising approach for their removal is flotation because MPs are inherently hydrophobic. However, the very small particle size of MPs lowers the probability of MPs-bubble collision and attachment that in turn affects the efficiency of the process. To address this challenge, we propose the use of agglomeration-flotation, a technique using kerosene as a bridging liquid to enlarge the particle sizes of MPs and make them amenable to flotation. In this study, the effects of kerosene dosage on particle size enlargement and floatability of six types of MPs with 100–1000 µm size fractions were investigated. The results showed that MPs with lower density compared with water could easily float in water without bubble attachment and particle agglomeration required. So, the effects of agglomeration on removal were negligible. In contrast, agglomeration using kerosene enhanced the floatability of MPs with high-density plastics. Moreover, image analysis was used to determine the agglomerated MPs’ particle size. The results indicate that kerosene could agglomerate the MPs and enhanced the removal of MPs by agglomeration-flotation. Full article
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