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This is the subject index for an ACS Symposium Series volume on bioremediation of microplastics from soil. It does not contain original research findings.
Bioremediation: Removing Microplastics from Soil
This book chapter reviews bioremediation techniques for removing microplastics from soil, covering the origin and properties of microplastic particles and emerging biological approaches to degrade or extract them from terrestrial ecosystems. It highlights the urgent need for scalable, low-cost solutions — particularly relevant for developing nations where microplastic contamination of agricultural soils is poorly managed.
Title, Copyright, Foreword
This is the title, copyright, and foreword page for an ACS Symposium Series volume on bioremediation of microplastics from soil. It does not contain original research findings.
Bioremediation of Microplastic Wastes in Soil
This chapter reviews bioremediation strategies for removing microplastics from soil, focusing on microbial and biological approaches to degrading plastic particles smaller than 5 mm. The authors discuss mechanisms of microbial plastic degradation and the promise of bioremediation as a sustainable soil remediation tool.
Mitigation of Microplastics
This book chapter examines strategies for managing and mitigating microplastic contamination in terrestrial environments, covering source reduction, physical removal techniques, bioremediation approaches, and policy frameworks needed to address the scale of soil plastic pollution.
Evidence on Potential Bioremediation of Microplastics from Soil Environment around the World
This review examines evidence for bioremediation of microplastics from soil environments, evaluating how plants, bacteria, fungi, and other organisms can help remove or break down plastic particles in terrestrial ecosystems. While soil is a primary sink for microplastics, biological approaches to soil cleanup remain underdeveloped compared to aquatic bioremediation research.
Editors’ Biographies
This is the editors' biography page for an ACS Symposium Series volume on bioremediation of microplastics from soil. It does not contain original research findings.
Innovative Solutions for Soil Remediation from Microplastics Pollution
This book chapter surveys innovative remediation approaches for removing microplastics from contaminated soils, covering physical, chemical, and biological methods as well as novel technologies including nanomaterial-based adsorbents and electrochemical systems.
Soil Microplastic Pollution and its Remediation: An Overview
This overview reviews the scope of microplastic pollution in soils globally, summarizing contamination sources, effects on soil ecosystems, and available remediation strategies including physical, chemical, and biological approaches to address this emerging environmental problem.
Research on Soil Management and Conservation
Not relevant to microplastics — this is a brief editorial introduction to a journal special issue on soil management and conservation, with no substantive content about microplastic pollution.
Potential strategies for bioremediation of microplastic contaminated soil
Researchers reviewed emerging bioremediation strategies for removing microplastics from contaminated soil, highlighting the roles of plants, root-zone microbes, soil animals like earthworms, and specialized bacteria and fungi that can use enzymes to break down plastic polymers into harmless compounds. While genetic engineering of microbes shows promise for accelerating degradation, the review notes that real-world application at scale still requires significant research and development.
The Effect of Microplastic Pollution on Soil, Plants and Soil Microbes and Its Remediation
This review summarized evidence for microplastic effects on soil properties, plant growth, soil microbes, and food safety, identifying microplastic pollution as a significant emerging threat to terrestrial ecosystems. The authors also reviewed bioremediation and physical removal strategies as potential remediation approaches.
The trend of bioremediation as an effective technology in soil decontamination
Not relevant to microplastics — this review covers bioremediation techniques using bacteria, fungi, and plants to clean up soil contaminated with hydrocarbons, pesticides, and heavy metals.
Microbial remediation of microplastic-contaminated soil, focusing on mechanisms, benefits, and research gaps
This systematic review examines microbial bioremediation of microplastic-contaminated soils, covering the sources and distribution of soil microplastics, their physicochemical interactions with soil microbiomes, and the mechanisms by which soil-dwelling bacteria and fungi degrade plastic polymers.
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.
Microplastics in Soils
This chapter reviews the ubiquitous presence of microplastics in soils worldwide, examining sources including biosolid application, irrigation water, and atmospheric deposition, and their effects on soil physical and chemical properties such as density, pH, and water retention. The authors assess how soil microplastics alter microbial communities and plant growth, and discuss remediation approaches.
Microplastics accumulation in agricultural soil: Evidence for the presence, potential effects, extraction, and current bioremediation approaches
This review examines the accumulation of microplastics in agricultural soils from sources like plastic mulching and irrigation, discussing their effects on soil properties and crop growth, along with current bioremediation approaches for removing soil microplastics.
Micro and Nanoplastics in Soil
This book provides a comprehensive review of the current state of knowledge on microplastics in soils, covering their sources, distribution, and interactions with plants grown in contaminated soil environments.
Role of Biochar and Microbes in Remediation of Microplastics in Soil
This review examines how biochar and soil microbes can be combined to remediate microplastic-contaminated soils, synthesizing evidence for biochar's adsorption capacity and microbial degradation pathways that reduce microplastic persistence and toxicity.
[Preface to the special issue: biotechnology of plastic waste degradation and valorization].
This preface introduces a special issue on biotechnology approaches to plastic waste degradation and valorization, covering microbial and enzymatic strategies for breaking down synthetic plastics. Biological plastic degradation could help reduce the environmental persistence of plastics that eventually fragment into microplastics.
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.
Microplastic pollution in terrestrial ecosystems: Global implications and sustainable solutions
This review examines microplastic pollution in terrestrial ecosystems, an area that has received far less attention than ocean plastic pollution despite soil being a major sink for these contaminants. The study covers how microplastics interact with other soil pollutants, affect plant growth and soil health, and discusses both policy solutions and practical removal methods to reduce the amount of microplastics that enter the food chain.
Editorial: Effects of microplastics on soil ecosystems
This editorial introduces a research collection on the effects of microplastics on soil ecosystems, summarising current understanding of how microplastic particles originating from synthetic fibres, microbeads, and fragmented debris accumulate in soils and affect microbial communities, plant growth, soil structure, and water retention. The editorial highlights the importance of soil microbial communities as a key target for assessing the ecosystem-level consequences of microplastic contamination.
Editorial: Impact of microplastics on soil health and plant physiology in agricultural ecosystems
This editorial introduces a research collection on microplastic impacts in agricultural soil ecosystems, highlighting how plastic contamination alters soil biogeochemical processes, microbial activity, and plant physiology, and calling for a precautionary approach to plastic use in farming.