Plastic pollution, waste management issues, and circular economy opportunities in rural communities

FC Mihai, S Gündoğdu, LA Markley, A Olivelli, FR Khan… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Rural areas are exposed to severe environmental pollution issues fed by industrial and
agricultural activities combined with poor waste and sanitation management practices …

Advanced microplastic monitoring using Raman spectroscopy with a combination of nanostructure-based substrates

NH Ly, MK Kim, H Lee, C Lee, SJ Son, KD Zoh… - Journal of Nanostructure …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Micro (nano) plastic (MNP) pollutants have not only impacted human health directly,
but are also associated with numerous chemical contaminants that increase toxicity in the …

The transport and fate of microplastic fibres in the Antarctic: The role of multiple global processes

EM Cunningham, N Rico Seijo, KE Altieri… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Understanding the transport and accumulation of microplastics is useful to determine the
relative risk they pose to global biodiversity. The exact contribution of microplastic sources is …

Are we contaminating our samples? A preliminary study to investigate procedural contamination during field sampling and processing for microplastic and …

C Gwinnett, RZ Miller - Marine pollution bulletin, 2021 - Elsevier
Methods for sampling, analysis and interpretation of fresh and saltwater microplastics and
anthropogenic microfibers have improved since 2004, but techniques for reducing and …

Microplastic pollution in the North-east Atlantic Ocean surface water: How the sampling approach influences the extent of the issue

V Poli, L Litti, MC Lavagnolo - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
A lack of standardization in monitoring protocols has hindered the accurate evaluation of
microplastic (MP) pollution in the open sea and its potential impacts. As sampling …

[HTML][HTML] Shedding off-the-grid: The role of garment manufacturing and textile care in global microfibre pollution

T Stanton, E Stanes, C Gwinnett, X Lei… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Textile fibres are abundant anthropogenic pollutants. These fibres enter aquatic, terrestrial,
and atmospheric environments, and biota. Textile fibres pose biological and chemical …

A Critical Assessment of Microplastics in Molluscan Shellfish with Recommendations for Experimental Protocols, Animal Husbandry, Publication, and Future Research

SE Shumway, K Mladinich, N Blaschik… - Reviews in Fisheries …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Microplastics (MP) are a contaminant of emerging concern and, as such, there has been a
rush to action and publication. Over the past two decades, this haste has resulted in a …

[HTML][HTML] Interpol review of paint, tape, and glass evidence 2019–2022

J Almirall, T Trejos - Forensic Science International: Synergy, 2023 - Elsevier
This review paper covers advances in scientific methods applied to Glass, Paint, and Tape
reported since the 19th Interpol Forensic Science Symposium in October 2019. The review …

[HTML][HTML] A multispectral dataset for the detection of Tuta absoluta and Leveillula taurica in tomato plants

PS Georgantopoulos, D Papadimitriou… - Smart Agricultural …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is one of the most important vegetables for human nutrition
and its cultivation employs amounts of resources worldwide. However, tomato cultivation is …

The impact of fabric conditioning products and lint filter pore size on airborne microfiber pollution arising from tumble drying

NJ Lant, MMA Defaye, AJ Smith, C Kechi-Okafor… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Vented tumble dryers release moist warm air from the drying process to the external
environment, usually through pipework linking the appliance to a vent in an exterior wall …