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A comprehensive review on comparison among effluent treatment methods and modern methods of treatment of industrial wastewater effluent from different sources

Researchers reviewed the latest methods for treating industrial wastewater — which contains toxic metals, nutrients, and hydrocarbons — finding that hybrid treatment systems combining multiple technologies are the most effective and economically viable approach. The review highlights growing interest in eco-friendly techniques that can both remove contaminants and recover useful resources from wastewater.

2022 Applied Water Science 279 citations
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Determining Optimal Municipal Solid Waste Management Scenario Based on Best-worst Method

This study proposed a decision-making framework to help cities evaluate and select the best approach for managing municipal solid waste. Using a mathematical ranking method, the researchers assessed multiple waste management scenarios to identify optimal strategies for urban planners.

2021 Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management 16 citations
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A critical review on sustainable hazardous waste management strategies: a step towards a circular economy

Researchers review global strategies for managing hazardous industrial and household waste — including chemicals, heavy metals, and electronic waste — with a focus on aligning disposal practices with circular economy principles that minimize environmental and health harm. The review finds that prevention, recycling, and advanced treatment technologies must work together, guided by stronger international policy frameworks.

2023 Environmental Science and Pollution Research 74 citations
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A Bibliometric and Visualized Overview for the Evolution of Process Safety and Environmental Protection

This study presents a bibliometric analysis of publications in the journal Process Safety and Environmental Protection from 1990 to 2020 using Web of Science data and VOSviewer mapping. Researchers identified evolving research clusters including waste treatment, microplastics, and environmental risk assessment as increasingly dominant themes.

2021 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 32 citations
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Bibliometric Analysis and Data Visualization: Life Cycle Assessment in Waste Management in the Textile Industry

This study conducted a bibliometric analysis of Life Cycle Assessment literature in textile waste management using the Scopus database for 2013-2024, mapping publication trends, keyword clusters, and authorship networks with VOSviewer. Publications grew substantially since 2014, peaking at 298 in 2024, with findings pointing to circular economy and sustainable design as dominant research themes.

2025 Jurnal Sains dan Teknologi Industri
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Research Progress and Hotspots on Disposalof Landfill Leachate: A Bibliometric AnalysisUsing Knowledge Mapping Method

Not relevant to microplastics — this is a bibliometric analysis of landfill leachate treatment research from 1996–2022, tracking publication trends and identifying dominant themes such as membrane bioreactors and advanced oxidation.

2024 Polish Journal of Environmental Studies 2 citations
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Tratamiento de aguas residuales mediante electrocoagulación: Análisis bibliométrico de publicaciones científicas y revisión de resultados

This review presents a bibliometric analysis of 3,146 scientific articles on electrocoagulation for wastewater treatment published from 1975 to 2024, identifying eight research clusters encompassing reactor configurations, electrode materials, and contaminant removal efficiency in both domestic and industrial wastewater applications.

2025 Revista Amazónica de Ciencias Ambientales y Ecológicas
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Source separation, transportation, pretreatment, and valorization of municipal solid waste: a critical review

Researchers reviewed the full chain of municipal solid waste management — from source separation through collection, pretreatment, and valorization — finding that AI and the Internet of Things are emerging as powerful tools for optimizing collection routing and sorting efficiency within circular waste management systems.

2021 Environment Development and Sustainability 70 citations
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Bibliometric Analysis of Landfill Mining: worldwide research evolution

Researchers conducted a bibliometric analysis of global research on landfill mining (LFM) and enhanced landfill mining (ELFM), mapping the chronological and geographic distribution of publications and describing the conceptual evolution of the field. The analysis identifies dominant research themes, productive countries, and emerging directions in recovering materials and energy from excavated municipal solid waste.

2024 Detritus
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Datacentric Similarity Matching of Emergent Stigmergic Clustering to Fractional Factorial Vectoring: A Case for Leaner-and-Greener Wastewater Recycling

This study applied advanced clustering and filtering algorithms to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of urban wastewater recycling processes, reducing energy costs. More efficient wastewater treatment also improves the removal of microplastics from wastewater before it is discharged or reused.

2023 Applied Sciences 1 citations
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Bibliometric and visual analysis of heavy metal health risk assessment: development, hotspots and trends

Researchers conducted a bibliometric analysis of heavy metal health risk assessment literature from 2000 to 2022, identifying development trends and research hotspots. The study reveals growing global attention to environmental heavy metal contamination, which often co-occurs with microplastic pollution in soil and water systems.

2024 Archives of Environmental Protection 2 citations
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Research progress and perspective on sludge anaerobic digestion technology: A bibliometric analysis

This paper is not about microplastics; it is a bibliometric analysis of three decades of research on anaerobic digestion as a wastewater sludge treatment technology, mapping publication trends and identifying key research themes.

2024 Water Science & Technology 2 citations
Systematic Review Tier 1

A systematic review of industrial wastewater management: Evaluating challenges and enablers

This systematic review of 66 studies on industrial wastewater management found that while treatment technologies are advancing, major challenges remain in regulation enforcement, cost-effectiveness, and integration of circular economy principles. The research highlights that inadequate industrial wastewater treatment is a significant source of environmental pollutants, including microplastics, entering waterways.

2023 Journal of Environmental Management 458 citations
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Advanced and prospects in phenol wastewater treatment technologies: unveiling opportunities and trends

Researchers conducted a large-scale review of 20 years of scientific literature on phenol wastewater treatment, analyzing nearly 80,000 articles to map where research is heading. The study found that engineering, environmental science, and chemistry are driving progress, with future focus needed on reducing treatment costs and improving process stability.

2024 Discover Water 39 citations
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Tratamento de efluentes por processos anóxico-óxicos: características operacionais e eficiência

A narrative literature review analyzed anoxic-oxic combined processes for wastewater effluent treatment, finding these systems highly effective for removing organic matter, nitrogen, and phosphorus, though further research is needed to optimize mechanisms and expand applications.

2024 Revista Ibero-Americana de Ciências Ambientais 5 citations
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Assessment of Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Technologies Using Interval-valued Intuitionistic Fuzzy Distance Measure-based Mairca Method

Researchers developed a decision-making framework for evaluating sustainable wastewater treatment technologies using fuzzy set theory and multi-criteria analysis. The method accounts for uncertainty in expert assessments while comparing technologies across economic, environmental, and social criteria. The study provides a systematic approach for selecting wastewater treatment solutions that can address emerging contaminants including microplastics.

2023 Facta Universitatis Series Mechanical Engineering 56 citations
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A Bibliometric perspective on the evolution of research in sludge management: Opportunities and challenges

A bibliometric analysis traced the evolution of research on a specific topic related to microplastics, mapping publication trends, leading authors, and emerging themes over time. Bibliometric studies help identify where the field is growing and where knowledge gaps remain to be filled.

2025 International Journal of Innovative Research and Scientific Studies 1 citations
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Waste Management, Circular Economy and Life Cycle Assessment

This presentation examines research strategies and analytical approaches for integrating life cycle assessment methodologies with circular economy principles and waste management practices.

2024 OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
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Methods of Solving Complex Problems in Science

This methodology paper discusses approaches to solving complex problems in science and technology, using tourism architecture as a case study. The general research frameworks discussed are applicable to the multidisciplinary challenges of understanding and managing microplastic pollution.

2023 2 citations
Systematic Review Tier 1

Global trends of pyrolysis research: a bibliometric analysis

This systematic review maps global research trends in pyrolysis, a process that uses heat to break down waste materials. The findings are relevant to microplastic pollution because pyrolysis is being explored as a method to break down plastic waste, and understanding which approaches work best could help reduce the flow of microplastics into the environment.

2023 Environmental Science and Pollution Research 14 citations
Review Tier 2

Municipal solid waste compost: a comprehensive bibliometric data-driven review of 50 years of research and identification of future research themes

This bibliometric review analyzed 827 publications on municipal solid waste compost over 50 years using the Bibliometrix tool, revealing substantial global growth in research interest particularly over the past two decades and identifying key trends and knowledge gaps.

2023 Environmental Science and Pollution Research 17 citations
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Cruise Ship Waste Management

Researchers conducted a systematic literature review using the PRISMA method, analysing 47 studies to identify key themes and research gaps in cruise ship waste management. The study used bibliometric and content analysis to characterise the environmental impacts of waste generated by large vessels accommodating over 6,000 passengers and to evaluate current management strategies.

2024 Advances in hospitality, tourism and the services industry (AHTSI) book series
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Decentralized Wastewater Management in India: Stakeholder Views on Best Available Technologies and Resource Recovery

Researchers organized three stakeholder workshops in Chennai, Kolkata, and Mumbai with representatives from academia, business, civil society, and government to identify barriers to resource recovery in decentralized wastewater treatment in India, using structured questionnaires and a Mathematica aggregation function to synthesize stakeholder views.

2023 Water 3 citations
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Selection of a sustainable treatment process for removal of microplastics from wastewater by axiomatic design and PROMETHEE

Researchers compared multiple water treatment processes for microplastic removal and identified selection criteria for sustainable treatment approaches, finding that coagulation-flocculation, membrane filtration, and biological treatment each offered different trade-offs in cost, efficiency, and byproduct generation.

2025 International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 2 citations