A review of methods for the isolation of microplastics in municipal wastewater treatment

Wastewater treatment plants are considered to be one of the largest sources of microplastics in the natural environment. The problem of microplastics has been widely studied in many environments. It remains a subject of the growing interest for researchers. By definition, microplastic is plastic tha...

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Published in:	Technical Transactions
Main Authors:	Ormaniec Paulina, Mikosz Jerzy
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sciendo 2022-01-01
Subjects:	microplastics wastewater treatment plant wastewater sewage sludge
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.37705/TechTrans/e2022010

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