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61,005 resultsShowing papers similar to Strategies for the Remediation of Micro- and Nanoplastics from Contaminated Food and Water: Advancements and Challenges
ClearCurrent Advances in Strategies to Mitigate the Impacts of Micro/Nano Plastics: A Review
This review summarizes current strategies for mitigating the environmental and health impacts of micro- and nanoplastics, covering physical, chemical, and biological approaches to removal and degradation. It highlights that no single solution is adequate and that a combination of prevention, better waste management, and remediation technologies will be needed.
Removal of nanoplastics in water treatment processes: A review
This review examines technologies for removing nanoplastics from water, noting that conventional treatment processes effective for larger plastics often fail to capture these tiny particles. Researchers evaluated emerging methods including microbial degradation, membrane filtration, and photocatalysis, finding that combined approaches offer the best removal rates. The study highlights that more research is needed to develop practical, large-scale solutions for nanoplastic contamination in drinking water and wastewater.
Challenges and opportunities in bioremediation of micro-nano plastics: A review.
This review examines biological approaches to removing micro- and nanoplastics from the environment, focusing on microbial degradation and bioremediation strategies. While bioremediation holds promise, challenges remain in identifying microbes capable of degrading common plastic types and scaling these processes for practical environmental cleanup.
Current status of microplastics and nanoplastics removal methods: Summary, comparison and prospect
This review comprehensively summarized and compared current methods for removing micro- and nanoplastics from water, covering physical, chemical, and biological approaches while identifying key challenges and future directions for improving removal efficiency.
Insight into the removal of nanoplastics and microplastics by physical, chemical, and biological techniques
This review covers the health threats of nano- and microplastics in water, which can cause tissue damage, reproductive problems, neurological disorders, and DNA damage in living organisms. Traditional water treatment methods fail to remove these tiny particles effectively, so the paper evaluates upgraded physical, chemical, and biological treatment approaches and hybrid techniques designed specifically to filter out small plastic debris.
Innovative solutions for the removal of emerging microplastics from water by utilizing advanced techniques
This review examines the latest techniques for removing microplastics from water, including chemical methods, magnetic extraction, membrane filtration, and biological approaches. Researchers compared the strengths and limitations of each method and highlighted emerging innovations such as photocatalytic degradation and advanced bioremediation. The study provides a roadmap for developing more effective and scalable solutions to address microplastic contamination in water sources.
Problems, Challenges, and Removing Methods of Micro Plastics from Water
This review examines the presence of microplastics in drinking water — both tap and bottled — and the technologies available to remove them. Microplastics have been detected in drinking water worldwide, and while conventional treatment removes some particles, smaller nanoplastics largely pass through. The authors assess filtration, coagulation, and advanced treatment options for improving microplastic removal in drinking water systems.
A Review of Materials for the Removal of Micro- and Nanoplastics from Different Environments
This review evaluates methods for removing microplastics and nanoplastics from water, soil, and air, finding that traditional approaches like filtration work for larger particles but struggle with nanoscale plastics. Newer technologies like magnetic nanoparticles and photocatalysis show promise, but challenges remain in making these solutions affordable and scalable for real-world cleanup.
Treatment processes for microplastics and nanoplastics in waters: State-of-the-art review
This review summarized established and emerging treatment processes for removing microplastics and nanoplastics from drinking water and wastewater, evaluating coagulation, membrane filtration, advanced oxidation, and biological treatment in terms of removal efficiency and operational feasibility.
Microplastics and nanoplastics: Recent literature studies and patents on their removal from aqueous environment
This review surveyed recent research and 42 international patents on technologies for removing microplastics and nanoplastics from water, categorizing methods into filtration, capture-based, and degradation approaches. Removal efficiencies between 58% and 100% were reported across techniques including coagulation, membrane filtration, photocatalytic degradation, and microbial breakdown. The study highlights that while promising methods exist, each has limitations depending on factors like plastic type, water chemistry, and particle size.
Removal of microplastics and nanoplastics in water treatment processes: A systematic literature review
Researchers systematically reviewed 103 studies across 26 water treatment plants in 12 countries to assess how well various technologies remove microplastics and nanoplastics from drinking water, finding that while coagulation, filtration, and advanced treatments help, significant gaps remain. The review identifies that no single process achieves complete removal, leaving microplastics as a persistent contaminant in treated water supplies.
Occurrence, Fate, and Treatment of Micro/Nano Plastics in Drinking Water Sources
This review examines the occurrence, fate, and treatment of micro- and nanoplastics in drinking water sources, covering how these particles enter water supplies and what treatment technologies exist to remove them. The authors note significant gaps in both detection methods and removal efficiency.
Nanomaterials for microplastics remediation in wastewater: A viable step towards cleaner water
This review examines how nanomaterials, tiny engineered particles with high surface area and reactivity, can be used to remove microplastics from water more effectively than traditional methods like filtration and sedimentation. While promising, these technologies face challenges including high production costs, potential toxicity of the nanomaterials themselves, and difficulty scaling up from lab to real-world applications. Improving these methods is important because current water treatment often fails to remove the smallest and most harmful microplastic particles.
Elimination of micro and nanoplastics in wastewater: technological advances and future perspectives
This work reviews technological advances and future perspectives for the elimination of micro- and nanoplastics from wastewater, synthesizing current approaches and their effectiveness across different treatment stages. The review highlights ongoing challenges in capturing the smallest plastic particles and identifies promising directions for next-generation treatment systems.
Nano-based remediation strategies for micro and nanoplastic pollution
This review covers how nanomaterial-based technologies can be used to remove microplastics from the environment, including methods using magnetic nanoparticles, photocatalysts, and membrane filters. While current physical, chemical, and biological removal methods each have limitations, nanomaterials can enhance their effectiveness by targeting smaller plastic particles that traditional methods miss. Better removal technologies could ultimately reduce human exposure to microplastics in drinking water and food.
Micro- and nanoplastics removal from water and solid matrices: Technologies, challenges, and future perspectives
Researchers reviewed a decade of research on micro- and nanoplastic removal technologies across water and solid matrices, finding that conventional water treatment achieves over 80% microplastic removal but transfers most particles to sludge rather than degrading them, while advanced oxidation processes show strong degradation potential under controlled but not yet real-world conditions.
Nano/microplastics in water and wastewater treatment processes – Origin, impact and potential solutions
This review examined the origin, fate, and impacts of nano- and microplastics in water and wastewater treatment processes, finding that small particle sizes and diverse polymer compositions make complete removal challenging across conventional and advanced treatment stages. The authors identify detection limitations and process instability as key barriers to effective water treatment for nanoplastics.
Removal of microplastic and plasticizer from waterbodies; A review
Researchers reviewed a wide range of techniques for detecting and removing microplastics and chemical plasticizers (additives that make plastic flexible) from water, covering methods from microscopy to advanced oxidation and metal-organic frameworks. The review highlights that no single method works for all situations, and cost-effective, sustainable approaches tailored to specific pollutant types are still urgently needed.
Microplastics in water: types, detection, and removal strategies
This review covers the different types of microplastics found in water, methods used to detect them, and strategies for removing them from water sources. Microplastics enter water systems from both industrial sources and the breakdown of larger plastic waste, posing threats to aquatic life and potentially human health. The authors evaluate removal techniques including filtration, chemical treatment, and biological approaches that could help clean contaminated water.
Microplastics Pollution and its Remediation
This publication reviews the growing problem of microplastic pollution in the environment and explores biological and technological strategies for remediation, including microbial degradation and engineered solutions. It highlights the urgent need for practical cleanup approaches as microplastics continue to accumulate across ecosystems worldwide.
Critical review of microplastics removal from the environment
This review evaluates technologies for removing microplastics from the environment, including physical methods like filtration, chemical treatments, and biological approaches using microorganisms. Each method has trade-offs between effectiveness, cost, and scalability, and no single technology can solve the problem alone. The authors emphasize that reducing human exposure to microplastics requires combining better removal technologies with policies that limit plastic production and waste at the source.
Challenges and opportunities in sustainable management of microplastics and nanoplastics in the environment
This review examines the challenges and emerging strategies for sustainably managing micro- and nanoplastic pollution in the environment. Researchers assessed various approaches including advanced filtration, biodegradation, chemical recycling, and policy interventions aimed at reducing plastic waste. The study emphasizes that achieving meaningful progress will require combining technological solutions with stronger regulations and changes in how plastics are produced and consumed.
Microplastic remediation technologies in water and wastewater treatment processes: Current status and future perspectives
This review covers the main technologies for removing microplastics from water and wastewater, including membrane filtration, chemical coagulation, adsorption, biological methods, and advanced oxidation. Each method has trade-offs between effectiveness, cost, and environmental impact, and no single approach removes all microplastics completely. The review emphasizes the urgent need for better removal methods since microplastics have already been detected in human blood and infant feces.
Review on impacts of micro- and nano-plastic on aquatic ecosystems and mitigation strategies
This review examines the environmental fate, ecological impacts, and remediation strategies for microplastics and nanoplastics in aquatic ecosystems. Researchers highlight that microbial remediation shows particular promise for breaking down these pollutants, while many nations are adopting regulations to limit plastic contamination of waterways. The study suggests that integrating approaches from nanoscience, microbial ecology, and remediation technologies is needed to address this growing environmental challenge.