Microplastic removal and management strategies for wastewater treatment plants

SF Ahmed, N Islam, N Tasannum, A Mehjabin… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Discharging microplastics into the environment with treated wastewater is becoming a major
concern around the world. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) release microplastics into …

Abundance, interaction, ingestion, ecological concerns, and mitigation policies of microplastic pollution in riverine ecosystem: A review

R Kumar, P Sharma, C Manna, M Jain - Science of the Total Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Microplastics (< 5 mm) have become an environmental hazard to natural
ecosystems and humanity due to their ubiquitous presence in the environment, and possess …

Non-biodegradable microplastics in soils: a brief review and challenge

S Zhang, J Wang, P Yan, X Hao, B Xu, W Wang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Non-biodegradable microplastics (MPs) pollution long-termly existed in soils, and was only
concerned in recent years. In order to better understand MP behavior in soils, the sources …

Sample preparation techniques for the analysis of microplastics in soil—a review

D Thomas, B Schütze, WM Heinze, Z Steinmetz - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Although most plastic pollution originates on land, current research largely remains focused
on aquatic ecosystems. Studies pioneering terrestrial microplastic research have adapted …

Develo** a systematic method for extraction of microplastics in soils

F Radford, LM Zapata-Restrepo, AA Horton… - Analytical …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Microplastics are an environmental issue of global concern. Although they have been found
in a range of environments worldwide, their contamination in the terrestrial environment is …

An insight on sampling, identification, quantification and characteristics of microplastics in solid wastes

P Samanta, S Dey, D Kundu, D Dutta… - Trends in Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) have attracted wide attention all over the world as a remarkable
pollutant. While MPs are spreading throughout several complex environmental matrices …

Microplastics in waters and soils: Occurrence, analytical methods and ecotoxicological effects

M Wu, C Yang, C Du, H Liu - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2020 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are ubiquitous in the environment and more abundant in the marine
environment. Consequently, increasing focus has been put on MPs in oceans and seas …

Evidence of underestimation in microplastic research: a meta-analysis of recovery rate studies

C Way, MD Hudson, ID Williams, GJ Langley - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Research on microplastics in the environment is of high interest to many scientists and
industries globally. Key to the success of this research is the accuracy, efficiency, reliability …

The extraction of microplastics from sediments: An overview of existing methods and the proposal of a new and green alternative

A Bellasi, G Binda, A Pozzi, G Boldrocchi, R Bettinetti - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) contamination is an existing and concerning environmental issue.
Plastic particles have been observed worldwide in every natural matrix, with water …

Soil microplastics: Impacts on greenhouse gasses emissions, carbon cycling, microbial diversity, and soil characteristics

I Khan, M Tariq, KF Alabbosh, A Rehman, A Jalal… - Applied Soil …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics are a significant environmental challenge, with growing concerns about their
prevalence in soil ecosystems. It may affect the physicochemical characteristics of soil …