An overview of the occurrence and distribution of plastics in wastewater treatment plants and the necessity of developing up-to-date management strategies

Although studies suggest that wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are the main pathway for plastics into receiving waters, studies on the origin and fate of plastics entering WWTPs are imprecise and largely unexplored. The analysis of plastics in samples from WWTPs is also a relatively young and gro...

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Main Authors: Ceyhun Akarsu, Vildan Zülal Sönmez, Nüket Sivri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2023-01-01
Series:Cambridge Prisms: Plastics
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2755094X23000238/type/journal_article