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Innovations in the Development of Promising Adsorbents for the Remediation of Microplastics and Nanoplastics – A Critical Review

This review evaluates innovative materials being developed to remove microplastics and nanoplastics from polluted water, including carbon-based, metal, polymer, and mineral adsorbents. Researchers compared the effectiveness, advantages, and limitations of each type, finding that adsorption-based approaches show strong promise. The study highlights remaining challenges such as scaling these technologies for real-world water treatment applications.

2022 Water Research 136 citations
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Microplastics with adsorbed contaminants: Mechanisms and Treatment

This review examines how microplastics adsorb environmental contaminants including heavy metals, organic pollutants, and pathogens, and surveys treatment methods for removing contaminated microplastics from water. Researchers found that microplastics can act as vectors for hazardous substances, potentially increasing their bioavailability and toxicity in aquatic ecosystems. The study evaluates emerging remediation technologies and highlights the complex environmental risks posed by microplastics carrying adsorbed pollutants.

2021 Environmental Challenges 321 citations
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A critical review of microplastics and nanoplastics in wastewater: Insights into adsorbent-based remediation strategies

This review analyzes research on removing microplastics and nanoplastics from water using materials that absorb the particles, finding that adsorption is the most widely studied removal method. Carbon-based and metal-based materials currently dominate the research, but plant-based (biopolymer) adsorbents are gaining attention because they are biodegradable and non-toxic. Better removal technologies are critical because conventional water treatment often fails to capture the smallest plastic particles that pose the greatest risk to human health.

2025 Environmental Pollution 8 citations
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Index

This is an index page from a reference book on water treatment and environmental remediation, listing key topics including activated carbon adsorbents used to remove contaminants from water. Adsorption-based treatment methods are among the approaches studied for microplastic removal from drinking water.

2023
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Evaluating the effectiveness of adsorption nano-techniques for microplastic removal: Insights and future prospects

This review evaluates the effectiveness of various adsorbent materials, including activated carbon, bioadsorbents, and advanced nanomaterials, for removing microplastics and nanoplastics from water. Researchers examined key factors like pore size, surface charge, and environmental conditions that influence removal efficiency. The study highlights the need for developing more sustainable and cost-effective adsorbent materials to tackle growing microplastic contamination in water sources.

2026 Marine Pollution Bulletin
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Adsorption of Pollutants on Microplastics in Freshwater

This book chapter examines adsorption of co-contaminants—including heavy metals, pesticides, and pharmaceuticals—onto microplastic surfaces in freshwater environments, reviewing how plastic particle characteristics determine their capacity to concentrate and transport associated pollutants.

2025
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Removing microplastics from aquatic environments: A critical review

This review summarized current technologies for removing microplastics from aquatic environments, including adsorption, filtration, and degradation methods used in freshwater, marine, drinking water, and wastewater treatment systems, identifying key research gaps.

2022 Environmental Science and Ecotechnology 146 citations
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Microplastics in Water and Wastewater

This book covers the topic of microplastics in water and wastewater, addressing their sources, occurrence, fate, treatment, and regulatory context across the human water cycle. It provides a comprehensive reference for researchers and practitioners working on monitoring and reducing microplastic contamination in drinking water and wastewater systems.

2019 IWA Publishing eBooks 38 citations
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Microplastic pollutants in water: A comprehensive review on their remediation by adsorption using various adsorbents

This review covers the different materials scientists are developing to filter microplastics out of water, including biochar, activated carbon, sponges, carbon nanotubes, and newer hybrid materials. Each material has trade-offs in terms of cost, effectiveness, and environmental impact, but combining different approaches shows the most promise. The research is important because better water filtration methods could directly reduce the amount of microplastics people consume through drinking water.

2024 Chemosphere 67 citations
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Emerging Contaminants and Their Removal from Aqueous Media Using Conventional/Non-Conventional Adsorbents: A Glance at the Relationship between Materials, Processes, and Technologies

This review covers various methods for removing emerging contaminants, including microplastics, from water using materials that absorb pollutants. Activated carbon remains the most effective option, but researchers are also developing cheaper alternatives from agricultural waste and nanomaterials. The work is important because better water treatment methods could reduce human exposure to microplastics and other harmful substances in drinking water.

2023 Water 60 citations
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Emergent Pollutant Treatment in Wastewater

This book covers innovations for identifying and treating emerging pollutants — including microplastics — in wastewater, reviewing detection techniques, removal technologies, and current regulations. It provides a comprehensive overview of the state of wastewater treatment for novel contaminants.

2022 7 citations
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Contents

This appears to be a table of contents page from a book on water treatment or pollution remediation, listing topics related to contaminant removal. The broader subject covers treatment technologies relevant to microplastic removal from drinking water.

2023
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Current status of using adsorbent nanomaterials for removing microplastics from water supply systems: a mini review

This review evaluates the current status and potential of adsorbent nanomaterials for removing microplastics from water supply systems, assessing their effectiveness against smaller particles that challenge conventional water treatment processes.

2025 Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
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Key adsorbents and influencing factors in the adsorption of micro- and nanoplastics: A review

This review looks at ways to remove microplastics and nanoplastics from drinking water using adsorption, a process where contaminants stick to a filter material. Carbon-based materials show the most promise because they are affordable and environmentally friendly. The authors emphasize the need to scale up these methods from the lab to real-world water treatment plants.

2025 Journal of Environmental Management 30 citations
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A Comprehensive Method for Removing Microplastics from Water Using Sorbents

This review examines a range of sorbent materials — substances that bind and capture contaminants — as tools for removing microplastics from water, covering how different plastics behave based on their density and polymer composition and how various sorbents can be optimized for removal efficiency. Roughly 54.5% of ocean microplastics are polyethylene, which floats, while denser plastics sink, posing different removal challenges. The review provides a practical overview of sorbent-based water treatment strategies for addressing microplastic contamination across different water environments.

2025 Bulletin of Shakarim University Technical Sciences 1 citations
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The Potentiality of Reuse Industrial Waste for Diverse Water Treatment -An Overview

This overview reviews innovative adsorbent materials made from industrial waste that can remove diverse pollutants from wastewater at low cost. While not focused on microplastics specifically, it is relevant to the broader challenge of plastic and chemical pollution remediation in water systems.

2023 Sustainable Chemical Engineering 2 citations
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Microplastic Removal from Wastewater Using Biochar Based Composite

This book chapter describes how biochar-based composites can be used as adsorbents for removing microplastics from wastewater, reviewing the mechanisms of plastic particle capture and the performance of biochar materials compared to conventional treatment approaches.

2025
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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.

2023 The Science of The Total Environment 119 citations
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Adsorption of Different Pollutants by Using Microplastic with Different Influencing Factors and Mechanisms in Wastewater: A Review

This review examines how microplastics adsorb various pollutants including heavy metals, antibiotics, and organic contaminants in wastewater, analyzing the key factors and mechanisms that influence their adsorption capacity and environmental behavior.

2022 Nanomaterials 94 citations
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Valorization of Plastic Wastes for the Development of Adsorbent Designed for the Removal of Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater

This review examines how plastic waste can be converted into adsorbent materials for removing emerging contaminants from wastewater — turning a pollution problem into a remediation solution. The approach could simultaneously reduce plastic waste and improve wastewater quality, reducing the amount of pollutants reaching drinking water sources.

2023 Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research 2 citations
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Microplastics in Water and Wastewater

This book provides comprehensive coverage of microplastics in water and wastewater systems, emphasizing that while marine environments have received most attention, freshwater systems and wastewater treatment plants are equally important sources and sinks of microplastic contamination.

2020 IWA Publishing eBooks 19 citations
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Microplastic Pollution: Causes, Effects and Control

This book provides a comprehensive overview of microplastic pollution, covering analytical tools and techniques, sources and pathways of contamination, and impacts on both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The authors emphasize the urgency of addressing microplastic pollution through collaborative efforts and sustainable solutions, while examining potential risks to human well-being.

2023 BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS eBooks 6 citations
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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.

2025
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Mini Review on Recent Advances of the Adsorption Mechanism Between Microplastics and Emerging Contaminants for Conservation of Water

This mini-review examines the adsorption mechanisms between microplastics and emerging contaminants such as pharmaceuticals, highlighting how physicochemical properties like hydrophobicity and pH influence pollutant uptake onto different polymer types. The review synthesizes recent advances relevant to understanding how microplastics act as vectors for pharmaceutical contaminants in aquatic environments.

2023 International Journal of Conservation Science 3 citations