Green solutions for blue waters: Using biomaterials to purify water from microplastics and nanoplastics

V Fakhri, A Hamzehlouy, AJ Dehchani, E Moradi… - Journal of Water …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are increasingly recognized as significant environmental contaminants
due to their widespread presence in the atmosphere, soil, and, particularly, aquatic …

Production and characterisation of environmentally relevant microplastic test materials derived from agricultural plastics

R Hurley, G Binda, D Briassoulis, SC Carroccio… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Soil environments across the globe, particularly in agricultural settings, have now been
shown to be contaminated with microplastics. Agricultural plastics–such as mulching films …

Feedback, synergy and antagonism between microplastics and soil organisms

P Zhang, C Qu, Y Yuan, W Tan, B Xi… - NJAS: Impact in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Soil organisms are key connectors within ecosystems. In recent years, large amounts of
pollutants, such as microplastics (MPs), from various sources including industrial emissions …

Characteristics of soil microplastics and ecological risks in the Qilian Mountains region, Northeast Tibetan Plateau

Q Kang, Y Zhang, S Kang, T Gao, Y Zhao, X Luo… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) pollution has become a vital global environmental issue. However,
comprehensive understanding of the ecological risks of MPs in soils of Northeast Tibetan …

From the highway to receiving water bodies: identification and simultaneous quantification of small microplastics (< 100 µm) in highway stormwater runoff

B Rosso, L Vezzaro, B Bravo, F Sambo… - … Science and Pollution …, 2024 - Springer
Highway stormwater (HSW) runoff is among the environment's most important sources of
microplastics. This study aimed to characterize via vibrational spectroscopy and quantify …