Microplastics in Landfills: A Comprehensive Review on Occurrence, Characteristics and Pathways to the Aquatic Environment

• Published in: Nature environment and pollution technology Vol. 20; no. 5; pp. 1935 - 1945
• Main Authors: Upadhyay, Kshitij, Bajpai, Samir
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Karad Technoscience Publications 01.12.2021
• Subjects: Aquatic environment; Conjugation; Environmental stress; Groundwater; Landfill; Landfills; Leachates; Microplastics; microplastics, landfill, leachate, degradation, transfer pathways; Municipal solid waste; Plastic debris; Plastic pollution; Pollutants; Polymers; Refuse; Solid waste management; Solid wastes; Terrestrial environments; Waste disposal sites; Waste management; Wastewater treatment; Water treatment; Water treatment plants; Thailand; United States > US; China

Microplastics, a multi-dimensional environmental stressor group, capable of transboundary migration, are a threat to the global ecosystem. Transboundary migration of microplastics across all environmental matrices is known to originate from a multitude of sources and acts in conjugation with each ot...