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 …

Effect of microplastics in water and aquatic systems

MN Issac, B Kandasubramanian - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Surging dismissal of plastics into water resources results in the splintered debris generating
microscopic particles called microplastics. The reduced size of microplastic makes it easier …

Microplastics in water systems: A review of their impacts on the environment and their potential hazards

H Kye, J Kim, S Ju, J Lee, C Lim, Y Yoon - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Microplastics, the microscopic plastics, are fragments of any type of plastic that are being
produced today as plastic waste originating from anthropogenic activities. Such …

Microplastics in the environment: Interactions with microbes and chemical contaminants

FK Mammo, ID Amoah, KM Gani, L Pillay… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are contaminants of emerging concern that have gained considerable
attention during the last few decades due to their adverse impact on living organisms and …

Are we underestimating anthropogenic microfiber pollution? A critical review of occurrence, methods, and reporting

SN Athey, LM Erdle - Environmental toxicology and chemistry, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic microfibers, a ubiquitous environmental contaminant, can be categorized as
synthetic, semisynthetic, or natural according to material of origin and production process …

Occurrence, fate and removal of microplastics as heavy metal vector in natural wastewater treatment wetland system

DJ Sarkar, SD Sarkar, BK Das, BK Sahoo, A Das… - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics pollution in aquatic ecosystems is of great concern; however, systemic
investigations are still lacking in freshwater wetland systems used for wastewater treatment …

Marine microplastics as vectors of major ocean pollutants and its hazards to the marine ecosystem and humans

TSM Amelia, WMAWM Khalik, MC Ong… - Progress in Earth and …, 2021 - Springer
Microplastic pollutes water, land, air, and groundwater environments not only visually but
also ecologically for plants, animals, and humans. Microplastic has been reported to act as …

[HTML][HTML] The fate of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: An overview of source and remediation technologies

AS Reddy, AT Nair - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) in everyday consumer products have paved the way for high MPs
concentrations in wastewater. Wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) s are the significant …

An audit of microplastic abundance throughout three Australian wastewater treatment plants

S Ziajahromi, PA Neale, IT Silveira, A Chua… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have been identified as an important pathway of
microplastics to the environment. Most studies have focused on wastewater effluent, but …

[HTML][HTML] Toxic chemicals and persistent organic pollutants associated with micro-and nanoplastics pollution

CO Okoye, CI Addey, O Oderinde, JO Okoro… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The prevalence of micro and nanoplastics (MNPs) across the various environments and
their negative impact on ecosystems have become a serious global threat and are currently …