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Plastic and Microplastic in the Environment


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Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Mexico City Mexico

      Dhanesh Tiwary Department of Chemistry IIT Banaras Hindu University Varanasi India

      Hasan Uslu Food Engineering Department Engineering Faculty Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University Niğde Turkey

      Alethia Vázquez‐Morillas Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Mexico City Mexico

      Kailas L. Wasewar Advance Separation and Analytical Laboratory (ASAL) Department of Chemical Engineering Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) Nagpur, Maharashtra India

      Preface

      This book displays several chapters on microplastic contamination in freshwater, marine water, soil, and air. It also includes a chapter focused on microplastic in various aquatic food chains and its impact on human health. It includes and highlights several techniques related to microplastic detection in different environmental media. Chapters on the distribution of plastic at the global level and challenges related to its recycling, degradation of plastic, and biodegradable plastic are also included. It also includes a chapter on the role of education and society to deal with plastic problems. This book will be helpful for graduate students, researchers, engineers, technologists, NGOs, and government agencies working in plastic and microplastic related issues.

      This book is a humble effort to address the plastic and microplastic issues across the globe. We hope that it is an important addition to the available literature. The contributors of the book are from diversebackgrounds that provided holistic information on the topic. We convey our heartfelt gratitude to all the contributors and publishers who helped to produce an incredible and meaningful edited volume on a very relevant theme.

       Anh Tuan Ta and Sandhya Babel

       School of Biochemical Engineering and Technology, Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand

      This chapter reviews the current state of MPs in freshwater systems, and different techniques for sample collection, preparation, and analysis of MPs are summarized. Moreover, the potential sources, pathways, and occurrences of MPs into freshwater systems are discussed in the chapter.

      MPs originate from various sources, but they are mainly