Brand names can be used to hold plastic companies accountable for their items found
polluting the environment. We used data from a 5-year (2018–2022) worldwide (84 …

To address environmental pollution by plastic litter, the European Union adopted EU
Directive 2019/904, the so called “Single-Use Plastics Directive”(SUPD), which bans several …

Plastic contamination of terrestrial ecosystems and arable soils pose potentially negative
impacts on several soil functions. Whereas substantial plastic contamination is now …

Global plastic pollution has become a major concern because of its effects on environmental
and human health. A major fraction of environmental plastics is likely stored temporarily …

Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and Raman microspectroscopy are methods applied in
microplastics research to determine the chemical identity of microplastics. These techniques …

In the terrestrial environment, microplastics in specialty crop** systems have not been
studied so far. Viticulture as a potential plastic-intensive management form and a land use …

With the rapid expansion of microplastic research and reliance on semantic descriptors,
there is an increasing need for plastic pollution data harmonization. Data standards have …

Urban areas concentrate on human activities that generate large amounts of waste. A small
fraction is mismanaged and ends up on urban surfaces and eventually in waterways. The …

Purpose Within the emerging field of soil related microplastic (MP) research, little is known
about spatio-temporal variations of MP concentrations in soils. To overcome this current …

Cigarettes are the most littered item in public spaces. Smokers who litter are leaving a trace
of toxic waste that adds to the global plastic pollution due to harmful chemicals and …