Contribution of mulch film to microplastics in agricultural soil and surface water in China

• Published in: Environmental pollution (1987) Vol. 291; p. 118227
• Main Authors: Ren, Shu-Yan, Kong, Si-Fang, Ni, Hong-Gang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 15.12.2021
• Subjects: agricultural land; Agricultural soil; agricultural soils; Agriculture mulch films; China; inventories; mass transfer; Microplastics; mulches; pollution; Soil erosion; surface water; China; Microplastics; Agricultural soil; Soil erosion; Agriculture mulch films

Agricultural mulch film (AMF) is deemed an important source of microplastics (MPs) in agricultural soil (AS). However, quantitating the contribution of AMFs to MPs in farmland soil and surface water remains a considerable challenge to date. In the present study, a basic framework was developed to ad...