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Wastewater Treatment Plants as Hotspots of Microplastic Pollution
Summary
This review characterizes wastewater treatment plants as hotspots of microplastic pollution, documenting how these facilities receive, partially retain, and release large quantities of microplastics into aquatic environments. The incomplete removal of microplastics by wastewater treatment plants means treated effluent remains a major source of pollution in rivers and coastal waters, sustaining the cycle of environmental contamination and human dietary exposure.
The low cost, range of many unique properties, and high demand have made plastics obligatory in the modern lifestyle. In many industrial sectors such as electronics, food preservation, construction, medical applications, fuel processing, etc., plastic materials have...