Microplastics, the microscopic plastics, are fragments of any type of plastic that are being
produced today as plastic waste originating from anthropogenic activities. Such …

Due to the accumulation of an enormous amount of plastic waste from municipal and
industrial sources in landfills, landfill leachate is becoming a significant reservoir of …

Microplastics have been identified as an emerging pollutant due to their irrefutable
prevalence in air, soil, and particularly, the aquatic ecosystem. Wastewater treatment plants …

Nowadays, a growing number of microplastics are released into the environment due to the
extensive use and inappropriate management of plastic products. With the increasing body …

Emerging pollutants (EPs) refer to a group of non-regulated chemical or biological
substances that have been recently introduced or detected in the environment. These …

Microplastics are an emergent yet critical issue for the environment because of high
degradation resistance and bioaccumulation. Unfortunately, the current technologies to …

The ubiquitous presence of microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) in the environment
is an undeniable and serious concern due to their higher persistence and extensive use in …

With current plastic production and the growing problem of global plastic pollution, an
increase and improvement in plastic recycling is needed. There is limited knowledge or …

Recently, studies on microplastics (MPs) have increased rapidly due to the growing
awareness of the potential health risks related to their occurrence. The first part of this review …

Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are considered to be the main sources of microplastic
contaminants in the aquatic environment, and an in-depth understanding of the behavior of …