New Insights into Microplastics in the Environment
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2025 | Viewed by 740
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainable and circular wastewater treatment plants; carbon footprint of wastewater treatment plants; resources reuse/recovery; emerging contaminants in water and sludge; microplastics; sludge minimization; advanced oxidation processes; blue-green infrastructures
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Interests: circular economy, sustainable development goals, resources; renewable energy; environmental sustainability; environmental impact assessment; pollution; waste management; wastewater management; human health; sustainability
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, microplastics (MPs) are gaining interest due to the extent of the problem and their negative effects on wildlife and human health. In this context, wastewater treatment plants play a key role in managing the presence of MPs in wastewater and their potential spread in the environment. All environmental matrices (water, air, and soil) are affected, and a comprehensive knowledge of all aspects related to this emerging contaminant is fundamental to face the current challenge of limiting MPs’ impact on ecosystems.
This Special Issue aims to collect up-to-date papers exploring the latest advances in (i) the detection of MPs, (ii) the release and modelling of their transportation, (iii) technical solutions for preventing their spread in the environment, (iv) evaluations of the impact of MPs on ecosystems, and (v) MPs’ valorisation or disposal. This Special Issue covers the presence of MPs in all the environmental matrices (water, air, and soil).
Authors are invited to submit papers focusing on this area. Research papers, communications presenting preliminary but significant results, and review or systematic review articles are welcome. Perspective/opinion papers can also be submitted.
Dr. Marco Carnevale Miino
Dr. Elena Rada
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microplastics
- wastewater treatment
- emerging contaminants
- laundry wastewater
- microplastics valorisation
- microplastics disposal
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