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Microplastics in urban areas: analysis of microplastics spreading potential from decommissioned landfill in Lichinga city, Mozambique, Southern Africa

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2026

Summary

Researchers used stereomicroscopy to analyze microplastic distribution in soil samples collected near a decommissioned landfill in Lichinga, Mozambique, assessing the spatial spread of plastic contamination from an unmanaged waste site into surrounding urban soils.

Photographs taken under a stereomicroscope for the analysis of microplastics in soil.

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