Occurrence and Removal of Microplastics in Wastewater Treatment Plants

Katekanya Tadsuwan; Sandhya Babel

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-36351-1_7

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Occurrence and Removal of Microplastics in Wastewater Treatment Plants

Environmental chemistry for a sustainable world 2023

Katekanya Tadsuwan, Sandhya Babel

Summary

Researchers reviewed how microplastics accumulate in wastewater treatment plants and how effectively current treatment technologies remove them, finding that while plants capture most microplastics, significant quantities still pass through into receiving waterways with each discharge cycle.

Study Type Environmental

Microplastics are emerging pollutants that are ubiquitous in a wide range of environments, yet the accumulation of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants is of particular importance because wastewater treatment plants pour their effluents in ecosystems. Here we...

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