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Microplastic Reduction in Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Landfill
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Researchers outlined a multi-pronged strategy for reducing microplastic release from municipal solid waste landfills, including improved liner systems, leachate treatment, landfill gas capture, and plastic-selective sorting before disposal. Since landfills receive a substantial fraction of global plastic waste, reducing microplastic leakage from these sites through engineering controls and waste diversion would meaningfully decrease the contamination of groundwater and surrounding soils that feed agricultural and drinking water systems.
Reduction of microplastics (MPs) release into the environment calls for a comprehensive strategy that employs scientific and technological innovation. The tracing of MPs from their origins in plastic waste streams to their discharge into multiple environmental...
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