[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 …

Removal of microplastics and nanoplastics from urban waters: separation and degradation

Z Chen, X Liu, W Wei, H Chen, BJ Ni - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The omnipresent micro/nanoplastics (MPs/NPs) in urban waters arouse great public
concern. To build a MP/NP-free urban water system, enormous efforts have been made to …

Palladium-Copper bimetallic catalysts for electroreduction of CO2 and nitrogenous species

F Zhou, J Zhang, Y Zhang, Y Wu, Y Wang… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
The rapid surge in global population and fossil fuel utilization over the past two centuries
have disrupted the natural carbon and nitrogen cycles, leading to various environmental …

Microplastics: Occurrences, treatment methods, regulations and foreseen environmental impacts

NA Khan, AH Khan, EA López-Maldonado… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastics are a silent threat that represent a high degree of danger to the environment in
its different ecosystems and of course will also have an important impact on the health of …

Emerging electrochemical techniques for identifying and removing micro/nanoplastics in urban waters

Z Chen, W Wei, X Liu, BJ Ni - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The ubiquitous micro/nanoplastics (MPs/NPs) in urban waters are priority pollutants due to
their toxic effects on living organisms. Currently, great efforts have been made to realize a …

Electrocatalytic upcycling of plastic waste

J Cho, B Kim, T Kwon, K Lee, SI Choi - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Plastics, which are versatile and widely used materials, are being improperly disposed of in
landfills or water bodies, leading to significant environmental damage. Traditional methods …

Fate and environmental behaviors of microplastics through the lens of free radical

Y Qiu, T Zhang, P Zhang - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs), as plastics with a size of less than 5 mm, are ubiquitously present in the
environment and become an increasing environmental concern. The fate and environmental …

Application of advanced oxidation processes for the removal of micro/nanoplastics from water: A review

X Wang, Y Dai, Y Li, L Yin - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Micro/nanoplastics (MNPs) have been increasingly found in environments, food, and
organisms, arousing wide public concerns. MNPs may enter food chains through water …

Nanoplastics removal from spiked laundry wastewater using electro-peroxidation process

M Kiendrebeogo, Y Ouarda, MRK Estahbanati… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics and nanoplastics (NPs) in laundry wastewater (LWW) are major sources of
plastic particles in wastewater treatment plants. Unlike microplastics, almost no information …

Photo/electro-catalytic degradation of micro-and nano-plastics by nanomaterials and corresponding degradation mechanism

H Du, Q Wang, G Chen - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Micro-and nano-plastics (MPs/NPs) pollution has gained increasing concern worldwide due
to its potential threat to human health and ecosystem. Hence it is of great significance to …