Unsustainable plastic production, use and mismanagement has resulted in increased global
plastic pollution and subsequent degradation into micro (nano) plastics in the environment …

Microplastics are small plastic particles that come from the degradation of plastics,
ubiquitous in nature and therefore affect both wildlife and humans. They have been detected …

Although membrane technology has attracted considerable attention for oily wastewater
treatment, the plastic waste generated from discarded membranes presents an immediate …

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

Access to a wide range of plastic materials has been rationalized by the increased demand
from growing populations and the development of high-throughput production systems …

Plastic pollution accumulating in an area of the environment is considered “poorly
reversible” if natural mineralization processes occurring there are slow and engineered …

Plastics are a ubiquitous class of synthetic polymer materials used in virtually all commercial
and industrial sectors. The majority of global plastics consists of polymers with carbon …

As two major types of pollutants of emerging concerns, microplastics (MPs) and antibiotics
(ATs) coexist in aquatic environments, and their interactions are a source of increasing …

Numerous studies have made the ubiquitous presence of plastic in the environment
undeniable, and thus it no longer comes as a surprise when scientists measure the …

Microplastics are emerging contaminants and there has been growing concern regarding
their impacts on aquatic and terrestrial environments. This review provides a comprehensive …