Plastics and microplastics are difficult to degrade in the natural environment due to their
hydrophobicity, the presence of stable covalent bonds and functional groups that are not …

Industrialization and other human activity represent significant environmental hazards. Toxic
contaminants can harm a comprehensive platform of living organisms in their particular …

Industrialization and other human anthropogenic activities cause serious threats to the
environment. The toxic pollutants can cause detrimental diseases on diverse living beings in …

In the more than 100 years since the invention of plastics, various plastic polymers have
been developed that exhibit different characteristics and have been widely used in …

Microplastics (MPs) in natural environment are derived from various discharge processes
and undergo a series of aging that is influenced by different factors. This paper first …

Microplastics (MPs) are small plastic debris (< 5 mm) that result from the fragmentation of
plastic due to physical and physiochemical processes. MPs are emerging pollutants that …

Microplastics (MPs) are ubiquitous pollutants persisting almost everywhere in the
environment. With the increase in anthropogenic activities, MP accumulation is increasing …

Plastic's low cost, versatile and durable nature has rendered it a popular material in the
market. Such inevitable high demand has resulted in overwhelming production on a global …

The growing worldwide production of synthetic plastics leads to increased amounts of plastic
pollution. Even though microbial degradation of plastics is known to be a very slow process …

Microplastics (MPs), a new class of emerging pollutants, have attracted exponentially
increased attention due to the adverse ecological impacts on biota, not only by themselves …