Plastic resources metabolism in China based on material flow analysis

Xiaoyu LUAN; Wei LIU; Zhaojie CUI; Yeye LIU; Yuedong CHEN; Sheng LU; Yubiao WANG

doi:10.18402/resci.2020.02.15

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