Occurrence and removal of microplastics from wastewater treatment plants in a typical tourist city in China

The removal of microplastics in the wastewater treatment process and their potential impact on anaerobic digestion due to pollutants association

(2020) Xiaolei Zhang et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

An Overlooked Entry Pathway of Microplastics into Agricultural Soils from Application of Sludge-based Fertilizers

(2020) Lishan Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Improved methodology to determine the fate and transport of microplastics in a secondary wastewater treatment plant

(2020) Subash Raju et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Microplastics in aquatic environments: Toxicity to trigger ecological consequences

(2020) Hui Ma et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Ingestion of microplastics by pelagic fish from the Moroccan Central Atlantic coast

(2020) Hind Maaghloud et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Polyvinyl Chloride Microplastics Affect Methane Production from the Anaerobic Digestion of Waste Activated Sludge through Leaching Toxic Bisphenol-A

(2019) Wei Wei et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Transfer and fate of microplastics during the conventional activated sludge process in one wastewater treatment plant of China

(2019) Xiaoning Liu et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

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

Revealing the Mechanisms of Polyethylene Microplastics Affecting Anaerobic Digestion of Waste Activated Sludge

(2019) Wei Wei et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

A study on characteristics of microplastic in wastewater of South Korea: Identification, quantification, and fate of microplastics during treatment process

(2019) Haerul Hidayaturrahman et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Sources of microplastics pollution in the marine environment: Importance of wastewater treatment plant and coastal landfill

(2019) Maria Kazour et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Average daily flow of microplastics through a tertiary wastewater treatment plant over a ten-month period

(2019) Reina M. Blair et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Retention of microplastics in a major secondary wastewater treatment plant in Vancouver, Canada

(2018) Esther A. Gies et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The distribution of microplastics in soil aggregate fractions in southwestern China

(2018) G.S. Zhang 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

Microplastics in sewage sludge from the wastewater treatment plants in China

(2018) Xiaowei Li et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Transport and fate of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants: implications to environmental health

(2018) Subash Raju et al.   REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND BIO-TECHNOLOGY

Identify driving forces of MBR applications in China

(2018) Ping Li et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The fate of microplastics in an Italian Wastewater Treatment Plant

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

Microplastics en route: Field measurements in the Dutch river delta and Amsterdam canals, wastewater treatment plants, North Sea sediments and biota

(2017) H.A. Leslie et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Material Witness: Plastics on the menu

(2017) Philip Ball   NATURE MATERIALS

Wastewater treatment plants as a pathway for microplastics: Development of a new approach to sample wastewater-based microplastics

(2017) Shima Ziajahromi et al.   WATER RESEARCH

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

Characterisation of plastic microbeads in facial scrubs and their estimated emissions in Mainland China

(2017) Pui Kwan Cheung et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Reducing Uncertainty and Confronting Ignorance about the Possible Impacts of Weathering Plastic in the Marine Environment

(2017) Annika Jahnke et al.   Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Influence of wastewater treatment plant discharges on microplastic concentrations in surface water

(2016) Shirin Estahbanati et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Microplastic pollution of lakeshore sediments from remote lakes in Tibet plateau, China

(2016) Kai Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

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

Biofouling on buoyant marine plastics: An experimental study into the effect of size on surface longevity

(2016) Francesca M.C. Fazey et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Understanding the Fragmentation Pattern of Marine Plastic Debris

(2016) Alexandra ter Halle et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) as a Source of Microplastics in the Aquatic Environment

(2016) Fionn Murphy et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

From macroplastic to microplastic: Degradation of high-density polyethylene, polypropylene, and polystyrene in a salt marsh habitat

(2016) John E. Weinstein et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

On some physical and dynamical properties of microplastic particles in marine environment

(2016) I. Chubarenko et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Transport and fate of microplastic particles in wastewater treatment plants

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

Microplastics pollution and reduction strategies

(2016) Wei-Min Wu et al.   Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering

Fate of microplastics and other small anthropogenic litter (SAL) in wastewater treatment plants depends on unit processes employed

(2016) Marlies R. Michielssen et al.   Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology

Biodegradation and Mineralization of Polystyrene by Plastic-Eating Mealworms: Part 1. Chemical and Physical Characterization and Isotopic Tests

(2015) Yu Yang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Biodegradation and Mineralization of Polystyrene by Plastic-Eating Mealworms: Part 2. Role of Gut Microorganisms

(2015) Yu Yang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in freshwater systems: A review of the emerging threats, identification of knowledge gaps and prioritisation of research needs

(2015) Dafne Eerkes-Medrano et al.   WATER RESEARCH

Engineering application of membrane bioreactor for wastewater treatment in China: Current state and future prospect

(2014) Kang Xiao et al.   Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering

Accumulation of Microplastic on Shorelines Woldwide: Sources and Sinks

(2011) Mark Anthony Browne et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in the marine environment

(2011) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastics, the environment and human health: current consensus and future trends

(2009) R. C. Thompson et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES