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Microplastics (Mps) in Wastewater: Determination-Treatment Methods and Effects on Climate Change

Microplastics (Mps) in Wastewater: Determination-Treatment Methods and Effects on Climate Change

Hardcover

Series: Environmental Science and Engineering

Technology & EngineeringEnvironmental Studies

ISBN10: 3031769481
ISBN13: 9783031769481
Publisher: Springer
Published: Mar 12 2025
Pages: 322
Weight: 1.41
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book systematically summarizes the occurrence and source of MPs through various municipal and industrial wastewaters. It covers the type of MPs, its effects on human health and climate, and emerging detection and treatment methods.

Plastics are one of the refractory pollutants produced in many and varied forms using chemistry and materials science. Microplastics (MPs), which are formed as a result of plastics breaking down into small pieces, are a new indicator that indicates that the plastic footprint of humans is growing today and this has become a risk for the general living health and sustainable environment. Depending on the point of use, they are either directly released to the air, water, and soil, or they break down into secondary MPs in the environment where they are discharged. Especially by means of domestic wastewater, plenty of MPs enter the sewage system on a daily basis. Therefore, wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) draw attention as an important source of MP pollution in coastal or surface waters such as sea, lake, and river. There is still a limited number of studies on MPs in the literature and it has become the focus of many researchers around the world.

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