Microplastics in Wastewater: Determination, Treatment Methods and Climate Change Effects

This book systematically summarizes the occurrence and sources of microplastics (MPs) across municipal and industrial wastewaters, covering the types of MPs, their effects on human health and climate, and emerging detection and treatment methods.

Microplastics form when plastics break down into small pieces, becoming a new indicator of the growing human plastic footprint and a risk to living health and a sustainable environment. Domestic wastewater carries large quantities of MPs into sewage systems daily, making wastewater treatment plants a significant source of MP pollution in coastal and surface waters such as seas, lakes, and rivers.

Across 12 chapters, the book presents the fate and effect of MPs, quantitative and qualitative analyses in wastewaters, and treatment through conventional and advanced technologies. It also examines the effects of MPs on human health and climate change and evaluates legal restrictions on MP pollution, offering valuable information on environmental problems related to climate change and their solutions.

Key Features

Highlights

• Systematically summarizes the occurrence and sources of microplastics in municipal and industrial wastewaters
• Covers types of MPs, their effects on human health and climate, and emerging detection and treatment methods
• Presents quantitative and qualitative analyses of MPs in wastewaters
• Examines conventional and advanced wastewater treatment technologies for MPs
• Evaluates legal restrictions for MPs pollution in the environment
• Includes 12 chapters