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Tony R. Walker

Tony R. Walker

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
63
Citations
17704
World Ranking
2433
National Ranking
97

Overview

Tony R. Walker is affiliated with Dalhousie University in Canada and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their research focuses primarily on pollution, industrial and manufacturing engineering, health toxicology and mutagenesis, strategy and management, and biomaterials. The scientist has published over 300 works, with a significant emphasis on microplastics and plastic pollution as well as recycling and waste management techniques.

Their recent papers cover important environmental concerns related to plastics and pollution. Notable publications include:

  • Current trends of unsustainable plastic production and micro(nano)plastic pollution, 2023, TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry
  • (Micro)plastics and the UN Sustainable Development Goals, 2021, Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry
  • Increased plastic pollution due to COVID-19 pandemic: Challenges and recommendations, 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Repercussions on the Use and Management of Plastics, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Rethinking and optimising plastic waste management under COVID-19 pandemic: Policy solutions based on redesign and reduction of single-use plastics and personal protective equipment, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Research topics prominently addressed by Walker include:

  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Municipal Solid Waste Management
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact

Walker frequently collaborates with other researchers. Regular co-authors are:

  • Michelle Adams
  • Parichehr Hanachi
  • Vittorio Maselli
  • Deonie Allen
  • Md. Refat Jahan Rakib

They have published in several scientific venues including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Cambridge Prisms Plastics
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Sustainability

In addition to journal publications, Walker has authored a book titled The Motherhood Aesthetic in Contemporary Black American Plays, which is scheduled to be published by Publishing Without Walls eBooks in 2025.

Best Publications

  • International policies to reduce plastic marine pollution from single-use plastics (plastic bags and microbeads): A review.

    Dirk Xanthos;Tony R. Walker

  • Increased plastic pollution due to Covid-19 pandemic: challenges and recommendations

    Ana L. Patrício Silva;Joana C. Prata;Tony R. Walker;Armando C. Duarte

  • COVID-19 pandemic repercussions on the use and management of plastics.

    Joana C Prata;Ana L P Silva;Tony R Walker;Armando C Duarte

  • Occurrence, sources, human health impacts and mitigation of microplastic pollution.

    Samaneh Karbalaei;Parichehr Hanachi;Tony R. Walker;Matthew Cole

  • Rethinking and optimising plastic waste management under COVID-19 pandemic: Policy solutions based on redesign and reduction of single-use plastics and personal protective equipment.

    Ana L. Patrício Silva;Joana C. Prata;Tony R. Walker;Diana Campos

  • Reducing marine pollution from single-use plastics (SUPs): A review

    Riley E.J. Schnurr;Vanessa Alboiu;Meenakshi Chaudhary;Roan A. Corbett

  • Solutions and Integrated Strategies for the Control and Mitigation of Plastic and Microplastic Pollution

    Joana C. Prata;Ana L. Patrício Silva;João P. da Costa;Catherine Mouneyrac

  • Current trends of unsustainable plastic production and micro(nano)plastic pollution

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  • The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Lawrence N. Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L.L. Hill;Samantha L.L. Hill

  • Micro(nano)plastics sources, fate, and effects: what we know after ten years of research

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  • The PREDICTS database: a global database of how local terrestrial biodiversity responds to human impacts

    Lawrence N Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L L Hill;Samantha L L Hill

  • Micro)plastics and the UN Sustainable Development Goals

    Tony R. Walker

  • Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in commercial marine fish from Malaysia

    Samaneh Karbalaei;Abolfazl Golieskardi;Hazilawati Binti Hamzah;Samiaa Abdulwahid

  • Policies to reduce single-use plastic marine pollution in West Africa

    Issahaku Adam;Tony R. Walker;Joana Carlos Bezerra;Andrea Clayton

  • Are exports of recyclables from developed to developing countries waste pollution transfer or part of the global circular economy

    Zhe Liu;Zhe Liu;Michelle Adams;Tony R. Walker

  • Food or just a free ride? A meta-analysis reveals the global diversity of the Plastisphere.

    Robyn J. Wright;Morgan G. I. Langille;Tony R. Walker

  • Environmental Effects of Marine Transportation

    Tony R. Walker;Olubukola Adebambo;Monica C. Del Aguila Feijoo;Elias Elhaimer

  • A Canadian policy framework to mitigate plastic marine pollution

    Shauna Pettipas;Meagan Bernier;Tony R. Walker

  • ‘How corporate social responsibility can be integrated into corporate sustainability: a theoretical review of their relationships’

    M. Ashrafi;M. Adams;T. R. Walker;G. Magnan

  • Marine debris surveys at Bird Island, South Georgia 1990–1995

    T.R. Walker;K. Reid;J.P.Y. Arnould;J.P. Croxall

  • Dispersal of male and female Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella)

    I.L. Boyd;D.J. McCafferty;K. Reid;R. Taylor

  • Anthropogenic metal enrichment of snow and soil in north-eastern European Russia.

    T. R. Walker;S. D. Young;P. D. Crittenden;Hao Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Tom M. Fayle
Tom M. Fayle Queen Mary University of London
Alain Dejean
Alain Dejean Paul Sabatier University
Tim Diekötter
Tim Diekötter Kiel University
Jérémy Bouyer
Jérémy Bouyer INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Jos Barlow
Jos Barlow Lancaster University
Jason M. Tylianakis
Jason M. Tylianakis University of Canterbury
Samantha L. L. Hill
Samantha L. L. Hill World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Tim Newbold
Tim Newbold University College London
Andy Purvis
Andy Purvis Natural History Museum
Douglas W. Yu
Douglas W. Yu University of East Anglia

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