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Microplastiche: classificazione, identificazione e rimozione all'interno degli impianti di trattamento delle acque reflue
Summary
This Italian-language paper reviews how microplastics are classified, identified using techniques like FTIR spectroscopy, and removed in wastewater treatment plants. Conventional treatment plants remove a substantial portion of microplastics but still allow many particles to pass through into the environment. The review calls for better treatment technologies and standardized methods to assess microplastic removal efficiency.
Negli ultimi decenni, l’interesse nel documentare le microplastiche nell’ ambiente è notevolmente aumentato. La persistenza delle materie plastiche nell’ambiente è il principale motivo per cui sono state identificate come una grave minaccia. Il decadimento naturale degli oggetti di plastica nell’ambiente richiede un tempo estremamente lungo, inoltre queste micro particelle possono trasportare altri prodotti chimici, usati come additivi nella loro fabbricazione, o assorbirli attraverso la forte capacità di adsorbimento. Questo articolo si prefissa di dare un contributo alle informazioni sul campionamento, l’identificazione, l’analisi e la rimozione delle microplastiche , identificate come contaminanti emergenti, all’interno degli impianti di trattamento delle acque reflue che sono considerati una fonte importante per l’immissione delle microplastiche nei corpi idrici e nel suolo.
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