Correlation between microplastics estimation and human development index

Wenwen Tan

doi:10.1117/12.2627455

22 April 2022 Correlation between microplastics estimation and human development index

Wenwen Tan

Proceedings Volume 12163, International Conference on Statistics, Applied Mathematics, and Computing Science (CSAMCS 2021); 1216311 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627455
Event: International Conference on Statistics, Applied Mathematics, and Computing Science (CSAMCS 2021), 2021, Nanjing, China

Abstract

Plastic, which is difficult to degrade, leads to a series of ecological problems for the marine environment. However, plastic pollution flux is difficult to estimate. The human development index (HDI) is potentially related to microplastic generation. In this study, we collected MMPW and HDI data of most countries in the world with rivers flowing into the sea. The result shows that the MMPW values in HIC countries (Median = 0.0056 kg/cap/day) is significantly lower than that of LI (Median = 0.032 kg/cap/day), LMI (Median = 0.067 kg/cap/day), UMI (Median = 0.046 kg/cap/day). MMPW increases with HDI in countries with relatively low income (LI, LMI) but decreases with HDI in countries with high income (HIC), indicating the impact different economic development patterns have on microplastic generation. This study helps us gain insight into the relationship between economic development and microplastic pollution, hence provide a more accurate method for global plastic estimation.

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Wenwen Tan "Correlation between microplastics estimation and human development index", Proc. SPIE 12163, International Conference on Statistics, Applied Mathematics, and Computing Science (CSAMCS 2021), 1216311 (22 April 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627455

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