An Overview of Physical, Chemical and Biological Methods for Removal of Microplastics

Christian Ebere Enyoh; Oluniyi O. Fadare; Marcel Paredes; Qingyue Wang; Andrew Wirnkor Verla; Leila Shafea; Tanzin Chowdhury

doi:10.1007/978-981-16-8440-1_12

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An Overview of Physical, Chemical and Biological Methods for Removal of Microplastics

Environmental footprints and eco-design of products and processes 2022 15 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.

Christian Ebere Enyoh, Oluniyi O. Fadare, Marcel Paredes, Qingyue Wang, Andrew Wirnkor Verla, Leila Shafea, Tanzin Chowdhury

Summary

Physical, chemical, and biological methods each offer distinct tradeoffs for removing microplastics from water resources, with no single approach achieving complete removal across all particle sizes and polymer types. Advancing these treatment technologies is essential to protecting drinking water supplies and reducing the biological uptake of microplastics in humans and wildlife.

Study Type Environmental

Globally, the problem of microplastics (MPs) pose to water resources is current concern to scientists. Sources of MPs to water resources include wastewater, atmospheric deposition, surface runoff and leaching. Many marine animals suffer from ingesting high amounts of...

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