Plastics in the Aquatic Environment - Part I: Current Status and Challenges
In: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry 111
In: Springer eBook Collection
Role of Environmental Science in Solving the Plastic Pollution Issue -- Pitfalls and limitations in Microplastic analyses -- Analytical Methods for Plastic (Microplastic) Determination in Environmental Samples -- Biodegradable Plastics: End of Life Scenarios -- Biological and ecological impacts of plastic debris in aquatic ecosystems -- Impact of plastic pollution on marine life in the Mediterranean Sea -- Plastic in the Aquatic Environment: Interactions with Microorganisms -- Freshwater Microplastic Pollution: The State of Knowledge and Research -- From Land to Sea: Model for the documentation of land-sourced plastic litter -- Plastic waste management: current status and weaknesses -- Plastic pollution in Slovenia: from plastic waste management to research on microplastics -- Marine Litter Assessment on Some Beaches Along the Southeastern Adriatic Coastline (Albania) -- Plastic pollution in East Asia: macroplastics and microplastics in the aquatic environment, and mitigation efforts by various actors -- The Microplastics in Metro Manila Rivers: Characteristics, Sources, and Abatement -- Plastic Contamination in Brazilian Freshwater and Coastal Environments: A Source-to-Sea Transboundary Approach -- Marine litter in the Russian Gulf of Finland and South-East Baltic: Application of Different Methods of Beach Sand Sampling -- Role of Environmental Science in Tackling Plastic Pollution.