[HTML][HTML] Microplastics in the soil environment: A critical review

M Sajjad, Q Huang, S Khan, MA Khan, Y Liu… - … Technology & Innovation, 2022 - Elsevier
Environmental pollution of microplastics (MPs) is known to be anthropogenically mediated
menace to biosphere and becoming a debatable concern globally. Large quantities of …

Microplastic pollution in soils, plants, and animals: a review of distributions, effects and potential mechanisms

X Chang, Y Fang, Y Wang, F Wang, L Shang… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Increasing production of synthetic plastics and poor management of plastic wastes have
dramatically increased the amount of plastics in the environment. In 2014, at the first United …

[HTML][HTML] Removing microplastics from aquatic environments: A critical review

Y Pan, SH Gao, C Ge, Q Gao, S Huang, Y Kang… - Environmental science …, 2023 - Elsevier
As one of the typical emerging contaminants, microplastics exist widely in the environment
because of their small size and recalcitrance, which has caused various ecological …

[HTML][HTML] Microplastics removal through water treatment plants: Its feasibility, efficiency, future prospects and enhancement by proper waste management

KHD Tang, T Hadibarata - Environmental Challenges, 2021 - Elsevier
With water treatment plants providing a viable solution for removal of microplastics from the
environment, this review examines the overall and stage-wise efficiency of various water …

Microplastics prevalence, interactions, and remediation in the aquatic environment: a critical review

AM Elgarahy, A Akhdhar, KZ Elwakeel - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) have been seen over recent years as a major water contaminant with
significant potential for adverse health and animal health effects. Natural attenuation has …

Microplastics in aquatic systems, a comprehensive review: origination, accumulation, impact, and removal technologies

A Tursi, M Baratta, T Easton, E Chatzisymeon… - RSC …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Although the discovery of plastic in the last century has brought enormous benefits to daily
activities, it must be said that its use produces countless environmental problems that are …

[HTML][HTML] Variation in microplastic concentration, characteristics and distribution in sewage sludge & biosolids around the world

D Harley-Nyang, FA Memon, AO Baquero… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics have been reported in wastewater treatment works across the world. The
majority of microplastics are removed during the wastewater treatment process, with removal …

Distribution and removal mechanism of microplastics in urban wastewater plants systems via different processes

B Zhang, Q Wu, S Gao, Y Ruan, G Qi, K Guo… - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastic pollution threatens water systems worldwide. As one of the most important parts
of city wastewater treatment, wastewater treatment plants are not only microplastics …

Recent advances on microplastics pollution and removal from wastewater systems: A critical review

N Parashar, S Hait - Journal of Environmental Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Microplastics (MPs)(plastic particles< 5 mm) are globally acknowledged as a
serious emerging micropollutant, which passes through various pathways in natural habitats …

Plastic microfibre pollution: how important is clothes' laundering?

C Gaylarde, JA Baptista-Neto, EM da Fonseca - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
Plastic microfibre pollution produced by domestic and commercial laundering of synthetic
textiles has recently been incriminated in the press and the scientific literature as the main …