Soil & Environmental Health,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
1(2), P. 100019 - 100019
Published: May 23, 2023
Large-scale
production,
rapid
consumption,
insufficient
recovery
and
management,
slow
degradation
lead
to
a
large
accumulation
of
plastic
waste
microplastics.
Microplastics
are
characterized
as
stable,
small,
having
specific
surface
area
strong
hydrophobicity.
They
carriers
many
hydrophobic
organic
pollutants,
heavy
metals,
pathogenic
bacteria
drug
resistance
genes.
Worldwide,
microplastic
pollution
in
soils
has
attracted
much
attention.
The
progress
perspectives
the
separation
detection
soil
microplastics
deserve
comprehensive
review
discussion.
Here,
sources
distributions
from
use
agricultural
film,
sludge
recycling,
long-term
application
fertilizer,
runoff,
sewage
irrigation
summarized.
Physical
methods
such
density
separation,
electrostatic
oil
extraction
pressurized
liquid
extraction,
chemical
acid
digestion,
alkaline
hydrogen
peroxide
Fenton
reagent
oxidation,
enzymatic
hydrolysis
for
reviewed.
Futhermore,
technologies
through
microscopy,
spectroscopy,
mass
spectrometry,
thermogravimetric
analysis,
differential
scanning
calorimetry,
X-ray
photoelectron
spectroscopy
nuclear
magnetic
resonance
Finally,
put
forward
understanding
impacts
on
functions
health,
developing
source
control
environmental
remediation
technology,
investigating
low-cost
that
preserve
characteristics
microplastics,
strengthen
degree
automation
avoid
artificial
operation
error,
establish
standard
isolating,
extracting,
identifying,
quantifying
soils.
This
serves
technical
reference
identification
builds
foundation
scientific
assessment
ecological
human
risks
Journal of Environmental Quality,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
52(2), P. 225 - 240
Published: Jan. 16, 2023
Abstract
Diverting
food
waste
from
landfills
to
composting
or
anaerobic
digestion
can
reduce
greenhouse
gas
emissions,
enable
the
recovery
of
energy
in
usable
forms,
and
create
nutrient‐rich
soil
amendments.
However,
many
streams
are
mixed
with
plastic
packaging,
raising
concerns
that
waste‐derived
composts
digestates
may
inadvertently
introduce
microplastics
into
agricultural
soils.
Research
on
occurrence
amendments
is
an
early
phase
relative
importance
this
potential
pathway
soils
needs
further
clarification.
In
paper,
we
review
what
known
not
about
abundance
composts,
digestates,
wastes
their
effects
Additionally,
highlight
future
research
suggest
ways
harmonize
microplastic
ecotoxicity
studies
design
related
policies.
This
novel
it
focuses
quantitative
measures
discusses
limitations
existing
methods
implications
for
policy.
