Data accompanying the paper "Tracking the source of microplastics in soil—an exploratory case study in peach orchards from east‑central Portugal"

Oliveira Veloso Macedo, Abel; Felix da Graca Silva, Vera; Huerta Lwanga, Esperanza; Beriot, Nicolas; do Carmo Horta, Maria; Simões, Maria Paula; Geissen, Violette

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Data accompanying the paper "Tracking the source of microplastics in soil—an exploratory case study in peach orchards from east‑central Portugal"

Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling 2025

Oliveira Veloso Macedo, Abel, Felix da Graca Silva, Vera, Huerta Lwanga, Esperanza, Beriot, Nicolas, do Carmo Horta, Maria, Simões, Maria Paula, Geissen, Violette

Summary

Researchers investigated the presence and potential sources of microplastics in agricultural soils, irrigation water, sheep manure, and atmospheric deposition across 19 peach orchards in the Beira Interior region of Portugal, providing a multi-matrix dataset to trace microplastic contamination pathways in a Mediterranean agricultural context.

This study investigaties the presence and potential sources of microplastics (MP) in agricultural soils under typical conditions of the Mediterranean region, characterised by dry summers and relatively moist and mild winters. Microplastic contents were analysed in the following matrices: soil samples (0-5 cm, 5-15 cm and 15-25 cm), water samples (drippers, and water deposit), sheep manure samples and atmosferic deposition samples. Collected at 19 different orchards in Castelo Branco, Fundão, Covilhã, and Belmonte; Beira Interior region, Portugal.

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