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Removal of nanoplastics in water treatment processes: A review
The Science of The Total Environment2022
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Nanthi Bolan,
Sivasubramanian Manikandan,
M. Keerthana Devi,
M. Keerthana Devi,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Binoy Sarkar,
Binoy Sarkar,
Binoy Sarkar,
Natchimuthu Karmegam,
Nanthi Bolan,
Natchimuthu Karmegam,
Nanthi Bolan,
Natchimuthu Karmegam,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Binoy Sarkar,
Binoy Sarkar,
Jörg Rinklebe
Jörg Rinklebe
Binoy Sarkar,
Jörg Rinklebe
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Jörg Rinklebe
Nanthi Bolan,
Sivasubramanian Manikandan,
Sivasubramanian Manikandan,
Woong Kim,
Ramasamy Subbaiya,
Ramasamy Subbaiya,
Eilhann E. Kwon,
Binoy Sarkar,
Binoy Sarkar,
Binoy Sarkar,
Nanthi Bolan,
Jörg Rinklebe
Nanthi Bolan,
Natchimuthu Karmegam,
Nanthi Bolan,
Natchimuthu Karmegam,
Ramasamy Subbaiya,
Ramasamy Subbaiya,
Binoy Sarkar,
Ramasamy Subbaiya,
Jörg Rinklebe
Muthusamy Govarthanan,
Eilhann E. Kwon,
Eilhann E. Kwon,
Binoy Sarkar,
Eilhann E. Kwon,
Binoy Sarkar,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Binoy Sarkar,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Binoy Sarkar,
Natchimuthu Karmegam,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Jörg Rinklebe
Jörg Rinklebe
Binoy Sarkar,
Eilhann E. Kwon,
Muthusamy Govarthanan,
Muthusamy Govarthanan,
Muthusamy Govarthanan,
Ramasamy Subbaiya,
Ramasamy Subbaiya,
Woong Kim,
Woong Kim,
Woong Kim,
Hocheol Song,
Eilhann E. Kwon,
Jörg Rinklebe
Eilhann E. Kwon,
Muthusamy Govarthanan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Binoy Sarkar,
Nanthi Bolan,
Hocheol Song,
Binoy Sarkar,
Woong Kim,
Natchimuthu Karmegam,
Eilhann E. Kwon,
Eilhann E. Kwon,
Eilhann E. Kwon,
Woong Kim,
Nanthi Bolan,
Eilhann E. Kwon,
Natchimuthu Karmegam,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Jörg Rinklebe
Eilhann E. Kwon,
Binoy Sarkar,
Eilhann E. Kwon,
Eilhann E. Kwon,
Muthusamy Govarthanan,
Muthusamy Govarthanan,
Muthusamy Govarthanan,
Muthusamy Govarthanan,
Jörg Rinklebe
Jörg Rinklebe
Jörg Rinklebe
Natchimuthu Karmegam,
Nanthi Bolan,
Natchimuthu Karmegam,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Woong Kim,
Binoy Sarkar,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Woong Kim,
Binoy Sarkar,
Natchimuthu Karmegam,
Muthusamy Govarthanan,
Eilhann E. Kwon,
Eilhann E. Kwon,
Muthusamy Govarthanan,
Woong Kim,
Muthusamy Govarthanan,
Muthusamy Govarthanan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Eilhann E. Kwon,
Nanthi Bolan,
Muthusamy Govarthanan,
Ramasamy Subbaiya,
Jörg Rinklebe
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Binoy Sarkar,
Jörg Rinklebe
Jörg Rinklebe
Jörg Rinklebe
Jörg Rinklebe
Jörg Rinklebe
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Nanthi Bolan,
Jörg Rinklebe
Jörg Rinklebe
Muthusamy Govarthanan,
Binoy Sarkar,
Nanthi Bolan,
Jörg Rinklebe
Summary
This review examines technologies for removing nanoplastics from water, noting that conventional treatment processes effective for larger plastics often fail to capture these tiny particles. Researchers evaluated emerging methods including microbial degradation, membrane filtration, and photocatalysis, finding that combined approaches offer the best removal rates. The study highlights that more research is needed to develop practical, large-scale solutions for nanoplastic contamination in drinking water and wastewater.
Study Type
Environmental
Nanoplastics are drawing a significant attention as a result of their propensity to spread across the environment and pose a threat to all organisms. The presence of nanoplastics in water is given attention nowadays as the transit of nanoplastics occurs through the aquatic ecosphere besides terrestrial mobility. The principal removal procedures for macro-and micro-plastic particles are effective, but nanoparticles escape from the treatment, increasing in the water and significantly influencing the society. This critical review is aimed to bestow the removal technologies of nanoplastics from aquatic ecosystems, with a focus on the treatment of freshwater, drinking water, and wastewater, as well as the importance of transit and its impact on health concerns. Still, there exists a gap in providing a collective knowledge on the methods available for nanoplastics removal. Hence, this review offered various nanoplastic removal technologies (microorganism-based degradation, membrane separation with a reactor, and photocatalysis) that could be the practical/effective measures along with the traditional procedures (filtration, coagulation, centrifugation, flocculation, and gravity settling). From the analyses of different treatment systems, the effectiveness of nanoplastics removal depends on various factors, source, size, and type of nanoplastics apart from the treatment method adopted. Combined removal methods, filtration with coagulation offer great scope for the removal of nanoplastics from drinking water with >99 % efficiency. The collected data could serve as base-line information for future research and development in water nanoplastics cleanup.