Development of a Routine Screening Method for the Microplastic Mass Content in a Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent

Development of a Routine Screening Method for the Microplastic Mass Content in a Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent

An investigation of microplastic (MP) occurrence in a municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent with tertiary treatment was carried out. Representative sample volumes of 1 m3 were taken by applying a fractionated filtration method (500, 100, and 50 µm mesh sizes). The detection of MP mass...

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Main Authors: Caroline Goedecke, Paul Eisentraut, Korinna Altmann, Anna Maria Elert, Claus G. Bannick, Mathias Ricking, Nathan Obermaier, Anne-Katrin Barthel, Thomas Schmitt, Martin Jekel, Ulrike Braun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry
Subjects:
microplastics
thermo-analytical methods
TED-GC/MS
mass content
wastewater
sewage
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvc.2022.844633/full

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