Microplastics: An overview on separation, identification and characterization of microplastics

A Tirkey, LSB Upadhyay - Marine pollution bulletin, 2021 - Elsevier
At present plastic residues has become grave threat to the environment. Microplastics are
plastic residues with a size< 5 mm, due to their small size it is very difficult to remove them …

Interactions between microplastics and contaminants: A review focusing on the effect of aging process

H Luo, C Tu, D He, A Zhang, J Sun, J Li, J Xu… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) in the environment are a major global concern due to their persistent
nature and wide distribution. The aging of MPs is influenced by several processes including …

Airborne microplastic concentrations and deposition across the Weser River catchment

S Kernchen, MGJ Löder, F Fischer, D Fischer… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP) appears to be omnipresent in the atmosphere, raising concerns about
dispersion across environmental compartments, ecological consequences and human …

[HTML][HTML] Occurrence of microplastics in commercial marine dried fish in Asian countries

N Piyawardhana, V Weerathunga, HS Chen… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
The major risk of microplastics in marine environments is the bioaccumulation in marine
organisms. Plastic ingestion by marine organisms has been investigated and recently more …

[HTML][HTML] Hazardous contaminants in plastics contained in compost and agricultural soil

C Scopetani, D Chelazzi, A Cincinelli, T Martellini… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Macro-, meso-and microplastic (MAP, MEP, MP) occurrence in compost is an
environmental issue whose extent and effects are not yet understood. Here, we studied the …

Microplastics in the Black Sea sediments

A Cincinelli, C Scopetani, D Chelazzi… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study the occurrence, morphology and identification of microplastics in Black Sea
sediments collected at different depths (range 22–2131 m) were determined for the first time …

Olive oil-based method for the extraction, quantification and identification of microplastics in soil and compost samples

C Scopetani, D Chelazzi, J Mikola, V Leiniö… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) have become a pressing environmental concern over the past few years
and their extraction from solid samples is a scientific challenge that needs to be faced and …

[HTML][HTML] Thermogravimetric analysis of microplastics: A mini review

R Mansa, S Zou - Environmental Advances, 2021 - Elsevier
This mini review identifies several thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)-based methods for the
identification and quantification of different microplastics in both proof-of-concept studies …

Plastic debris forms: Rock analogues emerging from marine pollution

FA Santos, GR Diório, CCF Guedes, G Fernandino… - Marine pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
Continuous input of plastic litter in ocean and coastal environments achieved alarming
levels that are exposing new settings in natural systems. While novel plastic debris pollution …

Spatiotemporal variations in anthropogenic marine litter pollution along the northeast beaches of India

M Mugilarasan, R Karthik, R Purvaja, RS Robin… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Marine litter is widely distributed in marine environments and has been a severe concern
worldwide, due to the disposal of waste from diverse sources. The severity of this threat has …