Biotechnological methods to remove microplastics: a review

U Anand, S Dey, E Bontempi, S Ducoli… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
Microplastics pollution is major threat to ecosystems and is impacting abiotic and biotic
components. Microplastics are diverse and highly complex contaminants that transport other …

Recent approaches and advanced wastewater treatment technologies for mitigating emerging microplastics contamination–A critical review

RY Krishnan, S Manikandan, R Subbaiya… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics have been identified as an emerging pollutant due to their irrefutable
prevalence in air, soil, and particularly, the aquatic ecosystem. Wastewater treatment plants …

Current progress on plastic/microplastic degradation: Fact influences and mechanism

Z Lin, T **, T Zou, L Xu, B **, D Xu, J He, L **ong… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Plastic pollution, particularly non-degradable residual plastic films and microplastics (MPs),
is a serious environmental problem that continues to worsen each year. Numerous studies …

Microbial colonization and degradation of marine microplastics in the plastisphere: A review

X Zhai, XH Zhang, M Yu - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Marine microplastic pollution is a growing problem for ecotoxicology that needs to be
resolved. In particular, microplastics may be carriers of “dangerous hitchhikers,” pathogenic …

Biodegradation of plastic polymers by fungi: a brief review

M Srikanth, T Sandeep, K Sucharitha… - Bioresources and …, 2022 - Springer
Plastic polymers are non-degradable solid wastes that have become a great threat to the
whole world and degradation of these plastics would take a few decades. Compared with …

Plastic wastes biodegradation: Mechanisms, challenges and future prospects

SS Ali, T Elsamahy, R Al-Tohamy, D Zhu… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The growing accumulation of plastic wastes is one of the main environmental challenges
currently faced by modern societies. These wastes are considered a serious global problem …

Degradation of conventional plastic wastes in the environment: A review on current status of knowledge and future perspectives of disposal

SS Ali, T Elsamahy, E Koutra, M Kornaros… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Accumulation of plastic wastes has been recently recognized as one of the most critical
environmental challenges, affecting all life forms, natural ecosystems and economy …

[HTML][HTML] Fungal enzymes involved in plastics biodegradation

MEE Temporiti, L Nicola, E Nielsen, S Tosi - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Plastic pollution is a growing environmental problem, in part due to the extremely stable and
durable nature of this polymer. As recycling does not provide a complete solution, research …

Current technologies for plastic waste treatment: A review

F Zhang, Y Zhao, D Wang, M Yan, J Zhang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional nonbiodegradable plastic waste (NPW) treatment technologies include landfill
and incineration, which face bottlenecks and cannot solve NPW problems effectively …

Systematical review of interactions between microplastics and microorganisms in the soil environment

X Zhang, Y Li, D Ouyang, J Lei, Q Tan, L **e… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Terrestrial ecosystems are widely contaminated by microplastics due to extensive usage
and poor handling of plastic materials, but the subsequent fate and remediate strategy of …