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

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 586; pp. 127 - 141
• Main Authors: Horton, Alice A., Walton, Alexander, Spurgeon, David J., Lahive, Elma, Svendsen, Claus
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.05.2017
• Subjects: anthropogenic activities; environmental factors; environmental impact; freshwater; Hazard; Litter; marine environment; Nanoplastics; nanotechnology; oceans; Plastic pollution; plastics; pollution; Rivers; Soil; toxicity; urban areas; waste management; Soil; Rivers; Litter; Hazard; Plastic pollution; Nanoplastics

Plastic debris is an environmentally persistent and complex contaminant of increasing concern. Understanding the sources, abundance and composition of microplastics present in the environment is a huge challenge due to the fact that hundreds of millions of tonnes of plastic material is manufactured...