Microplastics in Portuguese Effluents: Extraction and Characterization

Solange Magalhães; Luís Alves; Anabela Romano; Maria G. Rasteiro; Bruno Medronho

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-44006-9_3

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Microplastics in Portuguese Effluents: Extraction and Characterization

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Solange Magalhães, Luís Alves, Anabela Romano, Maria G. Rasteiro, Bruno Medronho

Summary

Researchers extracted and characterized microplastics from wastewater effluents in Portugal, finding that even treated water released into the environment still carries significant plastic contamination. The results underscore the limitations of current water treatment systems in capturing microplastics before they enter rivers and coastal waters.

Microplastics (MPs) awareness has been growing particularly after several alarming reports about “garbage patches” in the world. Plastics do not biodegrade in any meaningful way and, up to now, only a small percentage of plastic waste is recycled, being...

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