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 …

Approaching the environmental problem of microplastics: Importance of WWTP treatments

D Sol, A Laca, A Laca, M Díaz - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The undeniable presence of microplastics (MPs) in soil, air and, especially, in the aquatic
environment has revealed them to be an emerging pollutant. One of the main sources …

Bioremediation as a promising strategy for microplastics removal in wastewater treatment plants

P Masiá, D Sol, A Ardura, A Laca, YJ Borrell… - Marine pollution …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) attract ever-increasing attention due to environmental concerns.
Nowadays, they are ubiquitous across ecosystems, and research demonstrates that the …

Chemical recycling methods for managing waste plastics: a review

Y Liu, J Shi, H Jin, L Guo - Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2024 - Springer
Substantial quantities of discarded plastic have resulted in detrimental effects on the
environment and ecosystems, calling for effective recycling of plastic wastes. Chemical …

Evaluation of Microalgae's Plastic Biodeterioration Property by a Consortium of Chlorella sp. and Cyanobacteria sp.

P Bhuyar, S Sundararaju, HX Feng… - Environmental …, 2021 - erem.ktu.lt
Malaysia is one of the top eight countries that has a drawback of mismanaged plastic waste.
This study intended to investigate polymer degradation using the biological technique with …

Wastewater treatment approaches to remove microplastics: microfibre incidence and fate

D Sol, A Laca, A Laca, M Díaz - Polluting Textiles, 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
The main way that microplastics (MPs) enter into the environment is through sewage
systems. Every day, wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) receive millions of microplastics …

Bio‐Based and Biodegradable Plastics as Alternatives to Conventional Plastics

BK Choudhury, R Haloi, KK Bharadwaj… - … and Microplastic in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Conventional plastics, mostly prepared from petrochemicals, are non‐biodegradable,
persistent in environments, and become a potential hazard to the ecosystem. They are …

Microplastic pollution in the food web: observation of ingestion by the talitrid amphipod Cryptorchestia garbinii on the shores of Lake Garda

G Battistin, L Latella, V Iannilli - The European Zoological Journal, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Plastic pollution in the environment has become a much-discussed issue worldwide. In
recent decades, the contamination of all environments has become increasingly evident, in …

Co-processing of plastic waste in a cement kiln: a better option

A Prakash, RR Palkar - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021 - Springer
This paper deals with the techniques to use plastic waste for co-processing in cement kiln for
energy recovery. Plastics, a versatile material and friend to the common man, have now …

Nanobiodegradation of plastic waste

A Baig, M Zubair, MN Zafar, M Farid, MF Nazar… - … and Biodeterioration at …, 2022 - Elsevier
Plastics are high molecular mass organic polymers obtained mostly from various
hydrocarbons of petrochemicals. Over the past 50 years, plastic materials have been used …