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Dealing with the problem of microplastics
Filtration & Separation
2017
Summary
This short overview described microplastics as a global environmental problem, noting that approximately one-third of particles originate from tire wear and enter water bodies via stormwater runoff, and highlighted emerging scientific strategies for addressing the problem.
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Microplastics are a global environmental problem. Around one third of the particles are caused by tire wear that is washed into the sewers by rainwater, where they then enter the sea. Therefore, scientists have been developing strategies to overcome this problem.