Microplastics Removal from Treated Wastewater by a Biofilter

A catchment-scale perspective of plastic pollution

(2019) Fredric M. Windsor et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Microplastics in urban and highway stormwater retention ponds

(2019) Fan Liu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Review of micro- and nanoplastic contamination in the food chain

(2019) Brigitte Toussaint et al.   Food Additives and Contaminants Part A-Chemistry Analysis Control Exposure & Risk Assessment

Atmospheric transport and deposition of microplastics in a remote mountain catchment

(2019) Steve Allen et al.   Nature Geoscience

Microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: Detection, occurrence and removal

(2019) Jing Sun et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Removal of microplastics in municipal sewage from China's largest water reclamation plant

(2019) Libiao Yang et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Microplastics in a municipal wastewater treatment plant: Fate, dynamic distribution, removal efficiencies, and control strategies

(2019) Xuemin Lv et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Simulating human exposure to indoor airborne microplastics using a Breathing Thermal Manikin

(2019) Alvise Vianello et al.   Scientific Reports

Microplastic contamination of table salts from Taiwan, including a global review

(2019) Hyemi Lee et al.   Scientific Reports

Relationship between Discharge and River Plastic Concentrations in a Rural and an Urban Catchment

(2019) Stephan Wagner et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Removal of >10 µm Microplastic Particles from Treated Wastewater by a Disc Filter

(2019) Márta Simon et al.   Water

Exploring microplastic ingestion by three deep-water elasmobranch species: A case study from the Tyrrhenian Sea

(2019) Tommaso Valente et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Detection of artificial cellulose microfibers in Boops boops from the northern coasts of Sicily (Central Mediterranean)

(2019) Serena Savoca et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Enhanced removal of pharmaceuticals in a biofilter: Effects of manipulating co-degradation by carbon feeding

(2019) Liang Zhang et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Retention of microplastics in sediments of urban and highway stormwater retention ponds

(2019) Fan Liu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Microplastics in Swiss Floodplain Soils

(2018) Michael Scheurer et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Synthetic and non-synthetic anthropogenic fibers in a river under the impact of Paris Megacity: Sampling methodological aspects and flux estimations

(2018) Rachid Dris et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Occurrence, identification and removal of microplastic particles and fibers in conventional activated sludge process and advanced MBR technology

(2018) Mirka Lares et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Quantification of microplastic mass and removal rates at wastewater treatment plants applying Focal Plane Array (FPA)-based Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) imaging

(2018) Márta Simon et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Micro- (nano) plastics in freshwater ecosystems: Abundance, toxicological impact and quantification methodology

(2018) Stefan-Adrian Strungaru et al.   TRAC-TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

The fate of microplastics in an Italian Wastewater Treatment Plant

(2018) Stefano Magni et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Distinct community structure and microbial functions of biofilms colonizing microplastics

(2018) Lingzhan Miao et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Review on the occurrence and fate of microplastics in Sewage Treatment Plants

(2018) Georgia Gatidou et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Large microplastic particles in sediments of tributaries of the River Thames, UK – Abundance, sources and methods for effective quantification

(2017) Alice A. Horton et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in freshwater and terrestrial environments: Evaluating the current understanding to identify the knowledge gaps and future research priorities

(2017) Alice A. Horton et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

How well is microlitter purified from wastewater? – A detailed study on the stepwise removal of microlitter in a tertiary level wastewater treatment plant

(2017) Julia Talvitie et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Solutions to microplastic pollution – Removal of microplastics from wastewater effluent with advanced wastewater treatment technologies

(2017) Julia Talvitie et al.   WATER RESEARCH

River plastic emissions to the world’s oceans

(2017) Laurent C. M. Lebreton et al.   Nature Communications

Microplastic pollution is widely detected in US municipal wastewater treatment plant effluent

(2016) Sherri A. Mason et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Transport and fate of microplastic particles in wastewater treatment plants

(2016) Steve A. Carr et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Plastic microfibre ingestion by deep-sea organisms

(2016) M. L. Taylor et al.   Scientific Reports

Abundance, size and polymer composition of marine microplastics ≥ 10 μm in the Atlantic Ocean and their modelled vertical distribution

(2015) Kristina Enders et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

Early microbial biofilm formation on marine plastic debris

(2010) Delphine Lobelle et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Transport and release of chemicals from plastics to the environment and to wildlife

(2009) E. L. Teuten et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES