For seventy years, mass plastic production and waste mismanagement have resulted in huge pollution of the environment, including the marine environment.
Nanomaterials Applications for Environmental Matrices - Chapter 4 - Microbe Decontamination of Water
Nanomaterials Applications for Environmental Matrices, 2019, Pages 151-185
This book chapter advances SDG 6 and 14 by reviewing the advances in research for nanomaterials for water disinfection to help with water security and combat pollution.
This collection of articles focusses on SDG 14 (life below water).
The presence of small plastic particles in the environment, reported for the first time in the 1970's, has only recently been recognized as a global issue.
PET is a ubiquitous material because of its robust properties. Today, less than 30% of PET bottles and few carpets are recycled in the United States, leading to the majority of PET being landfilled.
Tire materials are a significant proportion of the (micro)plastics in the environment that until today have been clearly overlooked.
Microplastic (MP) studies in freshwater environments are gaining attention due to the huge quantities of plastic particles reported from lakes and rivers and the potential for negative impacts in thes
Plastic pollution is a global problem since 2016 when its production reached 322 million tonnes, excluding fibers. Daily discharges of microplastics (MPs, defined as
