Plastic at the service of nature
Production, usage, and disposal of plastic is one of the fundamental and global concerns and has been known as an environmental and human health issue. This research is going to disclose the possibility of using suitable waste plastic in order to improve ecosystem services. This research proposal pr...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis de maestría |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/355994 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/355994 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Plastics -- Recycling Plastics -- Environmental aspects Plastics in building Reusing plastic waste additive manufacturing ecosystem services environment biodiversity Plàstics -- Reciclatge Plàstics -- Aspectes ambientals Plàstics en la construcció Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Arquitectura::Disseny Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Edificació::Materials de construcció::Materials plàstics de construcció |
| Sumario: | Production, usage, and disposal of plastic is one of the fundamental and global concerns and has been known as an environmental and human health issue. This research is going to disclose the possibility of using suitable waste plastic in order to improve ecosystem services. This research proposal primarily will be based on considering new innovative modules of taking advantage of discarded plastics in the scope of impact and the possibility of improving ecosystem services and increasing biodiversity. The information-gathering will refer to the literature reviews and case studies analysis and considering qualitative research in the research method. Regarding the study of the recycling process, ecological and economic loops, the circular economy will be recognized as the best approach for reusing, redesigning, and remanufacturing architectural structures that are made of waste plastics in order to improve the ecological potential of the environment via designing constructed wetlands by designers at the lowest possible cost, energy, and environmental pollution. Furthermore, the efficiency of plastic recycling processes is extremely significant in developed countries. As a result, this study attempts by increasing efficiency and eliminating the processes that will consume valuable resources, to provide an innovative method of design by taking advantage of discarded plastics through additive manufacturing, as a using material for constructing floating artificial wetlands. |
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