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org/10.3184/003685018x15294876706211
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org/10.1038/s41467-018-03104-3
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(LDPE) and polypropylene (PP) waste plastics into liquid fuel using thermal cracking process.
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solutions. Water Air Soil Pollut 225(11). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-014-2184-6
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review. Trends Food Sci Technol 19(12):634–643. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2008.07.003
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bacteria in cold marine habitats. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 102(18):7669–7678. https://doi.
org/10.1007/s00253-018-9195-y
Van Sebille DE, Spathi DC, Gilbert A (2016) The ocean plastic pollution challenge: towards
solutions in the UK. European Research Studies Journal 19:1–16. https://doi.org/10.1162/
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