一个城市范围内的塑料污染排放清单
Xia Zhu1, Matthew J Hoffman2, Chelsea M Rochman3
1Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, 1265 Military Trail, Scarborough, Ontario M1C 1A4, Canada.
Environmental science & technology
|February 1, 2024
概括
一个新的框架量化了塑料污染排放量,类似于温室气体. 2020年,多伦多估计排放了3,5313,852塑料污染物,其中垃圾作为主要来源.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 污染控制 污染控制
- 城市生态城市生态学
背景情况:
- 全球塑料污染需要定量减少目标和有效的测量策略.
- 目前用于追踪塑料污染的现有方法缺乏标准化的排放测量框架.
- 需要一个强大的系统来有效监测和管理塑料排放.
研究的目的:
- 引入一种用于测量塑料污染排放的新框架.
- 为多伦多市建立塑料排放的基线测量.
- 确定主要来源并量化它们对整体塑料污染的贡献.
主要方法:
- 开发了一个基于来源识别,活动数据和排放因子计算塑料排放的框架.
- 将框架应用于多伦多市,以生成2020年的基线排放清单.
- 利用蒙特卡洛模拟来估计塑料污染排放的范围.
主要成果:
- 据估计,在2020年,多伦多的年度塑料污染总排放量为3,531至3,852.
- 垃圾被确定为塑料污染的最大总体来源 (3,099).
- 人工草被确定为微塑料污染的最重要来源 (237).
结论:
- 根据来源量化塑料排放对于制定有针对性的减排战略至关重要.
- 拟议的框架为城市,州和国家提供了一种可扩展的方法来测量塑料污染.
- 建议在全球范围内复制该框架,以告知国际减排目标和跟踪进展.
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