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Artificial intelligence in microplastic detection and pollution control

This review examines how artificial intelligence is being combined with spectroscopy and imaging techniques to dramatically improve the speed and accuracy of microplastic detection in the environment. Better detection methods are essential for tracking the sources and spread of microplastic pollution that ultimately affects human health through contaminated food and water.

2024 Environmental Research 68 citations
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Advancing microplastic pollution management in aquatic environments through artificial intelligence

This review examines how artificial intelligence and robotics are being applied to tackle microplastic pollution in aquatic environments, covering waste collection, particle identification, and degradation monitoring. Researchers highlight several successful AI-driven projects deployed by countries and organizations around the world. The study suggests that integrating AI with traditional environmental methods holds significant promise for improving both the speed and accuracy of microplastic management.

2025 Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering 1 citations
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AI-assisted Microplastics Removal

This review explored how artificial intelligence is being used to improve the detection and removal of microplastics from water and the environment. Researchers found that machine learning techniques can enhance the identification of microplastic particles and optimize treatment processes like filtration and coagulation. The study suggests that AI-driven approaches could overcome many of the efficiency and cost limitations of conventional microplastic removal methods.

2025 Journal of Neuromorphic Intelligence 3 citations
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Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Microplastic Pollution Control in Lakes: Detection, Prediction and Removal

This review examines how artificial intelligence is being applied to detect, predict, and manage microplastic pollution in lakes. Researchers found that AI tools including computer vision, remote sensing, and machine learning algorithms enable automated identification and real-time monitoring that surpass traditional labor-intensive methods. The study identifies challenges such as data scarcity and model generalization while highlighting AI's potential to transform freshwater microplastic management.

2025 Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology 1 citations
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Role of AI in Microplastic Pollution Detection and management studies

This review assessed how artificial intelligence approaches—including machine learning and deep learning—are being applied to detect, identify, and monitor microplastics in environmental and biological samples. The authors found AI substantially accelerates microplastic characterization workflows but that training data quality and standardization across studies remains a limiting factor.

2025
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Using artificial intelligence to rapidly identify microplastics pollution and predict microplastics environmental behaviors

This review summarizes how artificial intelligence and machine learning are being used to identify, track, and predict the environmental behavior of microplastics in soil and water. AI methods can analyze the chemical composition, shape, and distribution of microplastics faster and more accurately than traditional techniques. The technology could help scientists better understand where microplastics accumulate and what risks they pose to ecosystems and human health.

2024 Journal of Hazardous Materials 50 citations
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Advancing environmental sustainability through emerging AI-based monitoring and mitigation strategies for microplastic pollution in aquatic ecosystems

This review explores how artificial intelligence technologies, including machine learning, computer vision, and remote sensing, can improve the detection, tracking, and removal of microplastic pollution in waterways. Researchers found that AI-based approaches offer significant advantages over traditional monitoring methods for identifying microplastic distribution patterns. The study highlights the potential of AI-driven robotic systems to support more efficient and scalable environmental cleanup efforts.

2025 World Journal of Biology Pharmacy and Health Sciences 2 citations
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Harnessing Artificial Intelligence for Microplastic Pollution Control in Lakes: Detection, Prediction and Removal

This review examines how artificial intelligence techniques are being applied to detect, predict, and assist in the removal of microplastic pollution in lake environments, surveying current AI-driven approaches to environmental monitoring and remediation.

2025 SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository
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Artificial intelligence for modeling and reducing microplastic in marine environments: A review of current evidence

This review examines how artificial intelligence is being applied to address marine microplastic pollution, including modeling accumulation zones, developing real-time detection systems using remote sensing and robotics, and creating AI-based filtration technologies. The study suggests that while AI holds significant promise for predicting microplastic flows and supporting targeted cleanup efforts, challenges remain around data availability, model refinement, and international collaboration.

2026 Marine Pollution Bulletin
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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Approaches for Automatic Microplastics Identification and Characterization

This review examines how artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms are being applied to identify, characterize, and model microplastic pollution in the environment. The authors found that these tools can analyze large sensor datasets to detect microplastics in water bodies, predict transport patterns, and model adsorption behavior under various environmental conditions. The study highlights the growing role of computational approaches in understanding and mitigating microplastic contamination.

2024 3 citations
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A Critical Review on Artificial Intelligence—Based Microplastics Imaging Technology: Recent Advances, Hot-Spots and Challenges

Researchers reviewed the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques for detecting and identifying microplastics in environmental samples. The study found that AI-based imaging tools can significantly speed up analysis and improve accuracy compared to traditional manual methods. However, challenges remain around standardizing datasets and making these tools accessible for routine environmental monitoring.

2023 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 56 citations
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Artificial intelligence in microplastics domain: Current progress, challenges, and sustainable prospects

This critical review assesses how artificial intelligence tools—including machine learning and image recognition—are being applied to detect, characterize, and predict the behavior of microplastics in the environment. AI approaches show promise for overcoming persistent bottlenecks in large-scale microplastic analysis, but the authors highlight challenges around data quality, model interpretability, and standardization that must be addressed for these tools to reach their potential.

2026 Journal of Hazardous Materials
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The Development of Sensors for Microplastic Detection Using Artificial Intelligence

This review examined AI-enhanced sensors developed for microplastic detection and characterization in aquatic environments, covering machine learning, deep learning, and spectroscopic sensor approaches. The authors found that AI substantially reduces the labor intensity of microplastic identification and improves detection of small particles, though training dataset standardization and real-world validation remain priority challenges.

2025 International Journal of Artificial Intelligence
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Recent progress and technological advancements for detection of micro/nano-plastics in the environment

This review surveys the latest analytical tools for detecting micro- and nanoplastics across environmental samples, covering imaging, spectroscopy, electrochemical sensors, and artificial intelligence. It highlights how the very small size and chemical complexity of nanoplastics makes detection especially challenging, and discusses how AI integration is improving accuracy and throughput. Advancing detection methods is foundational to understanding the true scale of microplastic contamination and its risks to ecosystems and human health.

2026 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
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Advancements and challenges in microplastic detection and risk assessment: Integrating AI and standardized methods

This review examines current methods for detecting and measuring microplastics in water, soil, and biological samples, including microscopy and spectroscopy techniques. The authors highlight how artificial intelligence could make detection faster and more accurate. Standardized testing methods and better health risk assessments are needed to understand and manage the dangers microplastics pose to human health.

2025 Marine Pollution Bulletin 17 citations
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A Review on Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Wastewater Treatment

This review summarizes how artificial intelligence models are being applied to improve wastewater treatment processes, including the removal of microplastics and other pollutants. Researchers found that machine learning and neural networks can effectively predict treatment efficiency, optimize operations, and reduce energy costs. The study suggests that AI-driven approaches could make water treatment systems more adaptive and cost-effective in handling emerging contaminants.

2023 Sustainability 110 citations
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Artificial intelligence-empowered collection and characterization of microplastics: A review

This review examines how artificial intelligence tools like robots and machine learning are being used to collect, identify, and characterize microplastic pollution more efficiently. Better detection technology matters for human health because accurately measuring microplastic contamination in water and soil is the first step toward understanding and reducing our exposure.

2024 Journal of Hazardous Materials 41 citations
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Managing Marine Environmental Pollution using Artificial Intelligence

This review explores how artificial intelligence technologies are being developed to monitor and manage marine environmental pollution, including plastic contamination. The study suggests that AI-based approaches such as automated detection and predictive modeling offer promising opportunities for understanding ocean pollution and supporting sustainability goals.

2021 Maritime Technology and Research 52 citations
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Data Driven AI (artificial Intelligence) Detection Furnish Economic Pathways for Microplastics

Researchers reviewed how artificial intelligence is being applied to detect and track microplastics in water, arguing that AI-driven methods can make monitoring faster, cheaper, and more scalable than traditional approaches. Because microplastics are too small to be caught by standard water filters, smarter detection tools are critical for protecting drinking water and aquatic ecosystems.

2025
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The supporting role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine/Deep Learning in monitoring the marine environment: a bibliometric analysis

This review examines the supporting role of artificial intelligence and machine learning in monitoring and managing plastic pollution, covering applications in remote sensing, image-based plastic detection, and predictive modeling of plastic fate. The authors identify deep learning for image classification and satellite-based detection as the most rapidly advancing AI applications in plastic pollution science.

2024 Ecological Questions 9 citations