Research Progress and Prospects of Microplastics Treatment in Wastewater

Jingyu Zhang

2024

Abstract

With the wide application of plastics, it leads to a large amount of plastic waste. In particular, microplastics, which are difficult to degrade, have become an important pollution problem in the global ecological environment. This paper provides a detailed review of the classification and characteristics of microplastics and their environmental and health impacts, and a systematic summary of existing microplastic treatment methods, including physical, chemical and biological methods. This paper concludes that microplastics are widespread in water bodies and have far-reaching impacts on the environment, including soil and groundwater. Among them, the issue of the potential toxicity of microplastics to living organisms (including humans) has also attracted widespread attention. In addition, this paper analyses the effectiveness of different treatment processes and the challenges they face, using the treatment of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants as an example. It is shown that the existing treatment technologies, although effective in reducing the discharge of microplastics, still have certain limitations, such as the problem of secondary contamination of microplastics. For this reason, future research should focus on more efficient and sustainable microplastic degradation technologies to better address this global environmental challenge.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Zhang J. (2024). Research Progress and Prospects of Microplastics Treatment in Wastewater. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Modern Logistics and Supply Chain Management - Volume 1: MLSCM; ISBN 978-989-758-738-2, SciTePress, pages 172-176. DOI: 10.5220/0013246800004558

in Bibtex Style

@conference{mlscm24,
author={Jingyu Zhang},
title={Research Progress and Prospects of Microplastics Treatment in Wastewater},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Modern Logistics and Supply Chain Management - Volume 1: MLSCM},
year={2024},
pages={172-176},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013246800004558},
isbn={978-989-758-738-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Modern Logistics and Supply Chain Management - Volume 1: MLSCM
TI - Research Progress and Prospects of Microplastics Treatment in Wastewater
SN - 978-989-758-738-2
AU - Zhang J.
PY - 2024
SP - 172
EP - 176
DO - 10.5220/0013246800004558
PB - SciTePress