The global production of plastics has continuously been soaring over the last decades due
to their extensive use in our daily life and in industries. Although synthetic plastics offer great …

Microplastics pollution is major threat to ecosystems and is impacting abiotic and biotic
components. Microplastics are diverse and highly complex contaminants that transport other …

Accumulation of plastic wastes has been recently recognized as one of the most critical
environmental challenges, affecting all life forms, natural ecosystems and economy …

Plastic polymers are non-degradable solid wastes that have become a great threat to the
whole world and degradation of these plastics would take a few decades. Compared with …

The growing accumulation of plastic wastes is one of the main environmental challenges
currently faced by modern societies. These wastes are considered a serious global problem …

Microplastics pollution is one of the most pressing environmental problems of the 21st
century. While microplastics are pervasive throughout various environmental compartments …

Plastic waste management and recycling became a serious global issue as it affects living
beings from all the ecosystems. Researchers investigated biodegradation of polyethylene …

Terrestrial ecosystems are widely contaminated by microplastics due to extensive usage
and poor handling of plastic materials, but the subsequent fate and remediate strategy of …

The prevalence of micro and nanoplastics (MNPs) across the various environments and
their negative impact on ecosystems have become a serious global threat and are currently …

Over the last decades, it has become clear that plastic pollution presents a global societal
and environmental challenge given its increasing presence in the oceans. A growing …