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Bioretention cells remove increasingly small microplastics from stormwater

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) 2022
Kelsey Smyth, Jennifer Drake, Tim van Seters, Johnny Gaspéri, Rachid Dris, Rachid Dris, Bruno Tassin, Elodie Passeport

Summary

This study examined the ability of bioretention cells (engineered stormwater filtration systems) to remove microplastics of increasingly small sizes from runoff. The findings suggest these green infrastructure systems can capture microplastics across size ranges, contributing to their removal before stormwater enters natural water bodies.

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