The global production of plastics has continuously been soaring over the last decades due
to their extensive use in our daily life and in industries. Although synthetic plastics offer great …

Plastic pollution, particularly non-degradable residual plastic films and microplastics (MPs),
is a serious environmental problem that continues to worsen each year. Numerous studies …

Conventional nonbiodegradable plastic waste (NPW) treatment technologies include landfill
and incineration, which face bottlenecks and cannot solve NPW problems effectively …

Microplastics pollution has attracted worldwide attention in recent years due to their wide
distribution and severe threat to biota. Additionally, microplastics will undergo serious aging …

The increasing use of plastic films for agricultural mulching continues worldwide. Mulching
improves crop yield, decreases pesticide'inputs to the field, saves irrigation water and …

Polymers have been widely applied in various fields in the daily routines and the
manufacturing. Despite the awareness of the aggressive and inevitable aging for the …

Inertness and the indiscriminate use of synthetic polymers leading to increased land and
water pollution are of great concern. Plastic is the most useful synthetic polymer, employed …

Polyethylene (PE) is the most abundant synthetic, petroleum-based plastic materials
produced globally, and one of the most resistant to biodegradation, resulting in massive …

This review discusses the mechanisms of generation and potential impacts of microplastics
in the ocean environment. Weathering degradation of plastics on the beaches results in their …

Biodegradation is considered to take place throughout three stages: biodeterioration,
biofragmentation and assimilation, without neglect the participation of abiotic factors …