Microplastic Detection in Soil Amended With Municipal Solid Waste Composts as Revealed by Transmission Electronic Microscopy and Pyrolysis/GC/MS

Urban compost application in agroecosystems enhances soil fertility but can also be a source of (micro) plastics, which are not completely removed during the composting process. Knowledge of the fate of these plastics in regularly-amended soils is thus an issue for the environmental management of th...

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Main Authors: Francoise Watteau, Marie-France Dignac, Adeline Bouchard, Agathe Revallier, Sabine Houot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fsufs.2018.00081/full