Microplastic pollution: Understanding microbial degradation and strategies for pollutant reduction

R Jain, A Gaur, R Suravajhala, U Chauhan… - Science of The Total …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Microplastics are ubiquitous environmental pollutants with the potential for adverse impacts
on ecosystems and human health. These particles originate from the fragmentation of larger …

Plastic recycling: A panacea or environmental pollution problem

N Singh, TR Walker - Npj Materials Sustainability, 2024‏ - nature.com
Increasing plastic waste is a critical global challenge to ecological and human health
requiring focused solutions to reduce omnipresent plastic pollution in the environment …

Global discharge of microplastics from mechanical recycling of plastic waste

G Suzuki, N Uchida, K Tanaka, O Higashi… - Environmental …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
The increasing production of plastic products and generation of plastic waste have had
increasingly negative environmental impacts. Although recycling could reduce plastic …

Chemical methods to remove microplastics from wastewater: A review

B Cui, H Rong, T Tian, D Guo, L Duan… - Environmental …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Microplastics (Mps) have emerged as a pervasive environmental concern, with their
presence detected not only in freshwater ecosystems but also in drinking and bottled water …

Human exposure to microplastics via the consumption of nonalcoholic beverages in various packaging materials: the case of Hong Kong

TWL Lam, ASY Chow, L Fok - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024‏ - Elsevier
There is growing concern over microplastics in food and beverages, with potential
implications for human health. However, little is known about microplastics in nonwater …

Recent trends of recycling and upcycling of polymers and composites: A comprehensive review

C Podara, S Termine, M Modestou, D Semitekolos… - Recycling, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
This review article gathers the most recent recycling technologies for thermoset and
thermoplastic polymers. Results about existing experimental procedures and their …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of bioplastic contamination on the mechanical recycling of conventional plastics

MJ Staplevan, AJ Ansari, A Ahmed, FI Hai - Waste Management, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Quality assurance of a recycled product is currently one of the biggest issues that the plastic
recycling industry faces. The purity of the input plastic waste stream has significant influence …

Recycling process produces microplastics

MJ Staplevan, FI Hai - Science, 2024‏ - science.org
Peru, one of the most biodiverse countries in the world (1), contains many endemic species
that are at risk of extinction (2). The Peruvian Amazon biome harbors most of this diversity …

Boosting methanolysis of polycarbonate (PC) for bisphenol A recovery from end-of-life PC and PC/ABS blend

D Parida, A Aerts, LV Perez, C Marquez… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Poly (bisphenol A carbonate)(PC) is an essential polymer from fossil sources. Currently, PC
lacks any economically viable recycling strategy, which leads to a loss of valuable …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastic fragmentation into nanoplastics by water shear forces during wastewater treatment: Mechanical insights and theoretical analysis

S Monira, R Roychand, FI Hai, M Bhuiyan… - Environmental …, 2025‏ - Elsevier
Nanoplastics (NPs) are generated from the fragmentation of microplastics (MPs) through
mechanical forces such as mixing, sonication and homogenization in wastewater treatment …