Megaplastics to Nanoplastics: Emerging Environmental Pollutants and Their Environmental Impacts

Sayali Patil; Rohit Bhagwat; Vinay Kumar; Trupti Durugkar

doi:10.1007/978-981-13-7904-8_10

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Megaplastics to Nanoplastics: Emerging Environmental Pollutants and Their Environmental Impacts

Microorganisms for sustainability 2019 11 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.

Sayali Patil, Rohit Bhagwat, Vinay Kumar, Trupti Durugkar

Summary

This review traces the continuum of plastic pollution from large macroplastic debris down to nanoplastics, detailing how each size class enters and persists in water, air, and soil while causing distinct ecological harms. The progression from megaplastics to nanoplastics illustrates how a single category of pollutant creates compounding environmental risks across scales.

Pollution of pristine environmental resources such as water, air, and soil by various anthropogenic activities is becoming a serious cause of concern, worldwide. Besides many other sources of pollution, plastics have emerged as a rapidly spreading environmental...

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