Microplastic Pollution in Water and Their Removal in Various Wastewater Treatment Plants

Ali Khadir; Mehrdad Negarestani; Asiyeh Kheradmand; Mika Sillanpää

doi:10.1007/978-981-16-8440-1_11

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Microplastic Pollution in Water and Their Removal in Various Wastewater Treatment Plants

Environmental footprints and eco-design of products and processes 2022 4 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.

Ali Khadir, Mehrdad Negarestani, Asiyeh Kheradmand, Mika Sillanpää

Summary

Wastewater treatment plants remove a substantial fraction of microplastics from influent water but fall short of complete elimination, with residual particles discharged into receiving waterways and sludge applied to agricultural land. Upgrading treatment infrastructure and adding advanced filtration stages is essential to preventing microplastics from reaching drinking water sources and farmland.

Study Type Environmental

Plastics and related products have made our life easier due to their extensive application in household chores and industry. Plastic bags and bottled water are of two common usages of plastics that could be observed almost anywhere around the world. Large production...

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