Microplastic pollution is becoming a major issue for human health due to the recent
discovery of microplastics in most ecosystems. Here, we review the sources, formation …

Microplastics have been identified as an emerging pollutant due to their irrefutable
prevalence in air, soil, and particularly, the aquatic ecosystem. Wastewater treatment plants …

ABSTRACT Weathering of microplastics (MPs,< 5 mm) in terrestrial and aquatic
environments affects MP transport and distribution. This paper first summarizes the sources …

Microplastics are an emergent yet critical issue for the environment because of high
degradation resistance and bioaccumulation. Unfortunately, the current technologies to …

Due to the accumulation of an enormous amount of plastic waste from municipal and
industrial sources in landfills, landfill leachate is becoming a significant reservoir of …

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 …

As a type of emerging pollutant, microplastics exist widely in soil and continue to migrate
and transform. Recently, the potential threats of microplastics to soil health and ecological …

Various recycling technologies have been developed to deal with plastic problems, but they
face considerable economic and technological challenges in practice. An attractive …

There is an increased global demand for activated carbon (AC) in application of water
treatment and purification. Water pollutants that have exhibited a greater removal efficiency …

Microplastic is a fragmented plastic part that emerges as a potential marine and terrestrial
contaminant. The microplastic wastes in marine and soil environments cause severe …