Microplastics Related Topics 
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 28, 2024
Indonesians eat more microplastics per month than any other country, said the study, with most of it coming from seafood (image credit: raulbaldean / Shutterstock.com). That is a 59-fold increase in daily microplastic consumption from 1990 to 2018, the date range used for the models. grams per month, while the lowest is Paraguay at 0.85
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 11, 2024
The microplastic pollution that turns up in landfill leachate has received much less attention than the stuff appearing in wastewater, and there seem to be far fewer studies exploring it. For want of a standardized method of analysis for microplastics, it is impossible to compare landfill leachates from different places and different studies.
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Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 25, 2024
Legislators in Europe seem to be keeping a closer eye on microplastics, with the introduction of European Union (EU) Regulation 2023/2055 in September being a recent milestone. While microplastics are useful, scientists, governments and consumers now recognize them as a major threat to the environment.
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 16, 2023
Researchers have developed a new way to estimate the age of microplastics found in the upper oceans. The team – from Kyushu University and Asahi Kasei Corporation – applied their new method to estimate the age of microplastics found in nearshore and offshore sites in the North Pacific Ocean.
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 28, 2024
A research group in Japan has demonstrated that airborne microplastics adsorb to the epicuticular wax on the surface of forest canopy leaves, and that forests may act as terrestrial sinks for airborne microplastics The study used a new technique to measure the levels of microplastics adhering to the leaves.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Nano- and microplastics are seemingly everywhere — water, soil and the air. As reported in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology Letters , boiling and filtering calcium-containing tap water could help remove nearly 90% of the nano- and microplastics present. Image credit: Eddy Zeng.
GreenBiz
MARCH 9, 2023
Sponsored: Under Armour and The Nature Conservancy in California discuss why companies must come together to address the growing microplastics problem.
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