Enables readers to assess, manage and prevent damage from the environment’s biggest enemy: microplastics
Microplastics in the Environment addresses the biggest unresolved pollution issue: microplastics accumulating in the environment at a rapidly growing rate, giving rise to severe ecological stress and novel diseases in both aquatic and terrestrial organisms. This book is a one-stop resource that ties together the latest developments in this fast-moving field, including analytical techniques, risk assessment methods and predictive approaches, and evaluates different strategies that make it possible to minimize and redress microplastics pollution in the near and distant future.
The book is organized into three main parts. Part one explains the fundamental ideas underlying microplastics, including their classification, major sources, detection and characterisation, as well as risk assessment methods. The second part covers the fate and transport of microplastics in various environmental domains, their interaction with ecosystems and the exposure of humans to environment-borne microplastics. The final part surveys current and future approaches to limit and remove the environmental effects of microplastics, from replacement of plastics with biodegradable substitutes to more efficient recycling of plastics to their active removal and remediation.
Microplastics in the Environment includes information on:
- Microplastics’ interaction with agricultural crops, the food and construction industries and water and solid waste pollution control systems
- Microplastics in microbial communities, crops and soil and the subsequent impacts on microbial metabolism, plant growth and geo-chemical properties of soil, respectively
- Consumption of microplastics by aquatic life and consequent effects of microplastics on the development of aquatic organisms including corals, invertebrates and marine and freshwater biota
- Global strategies, existing regulations and policies focused on microplastics management
With its emphasis on management and remediation, Microplastics in the Environment is a valuable resource for environmental scientists, government agencies and researchers working in the field of microplastics pollution.
Tabela de Conteúdo
SECTION I: THE EXISTENCE AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROPLASTICS
Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview of the Book
Chapter 2: Classifications and Physico-Chemical Properties of Microplastics
Chapter 3: Degradation of Plastics and Formation of Primary and Secondary Microplastics
Chapter 4: Advanced Techniques for Sampling, Quantification and Characterization of Microplastics
Chapter 5: Technologies for Polymer Identification and Monitoring of Microplastics Distribution
Chapter 6: Characterizing Microplastics in the Context of Risk Assessment
Chapter 7: Understanding Environmental and Socio-economic Risks Associated with Microplastics
SECTION II: MICROPLASTICS IN DIFFERENT COMPARTMENTS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON ENVIRONMENTS AND HUMAN SOCIETY
Chapter 8: Microplastics in the Environment: Sources, Distribution, Fate and Transport
Chapter 9: Modelling Fate and Transport of Microplastics in Different Environmental Compartments
Chapter 10: Ecological Impacts of Microplastics and Their Additives: Exposure Risk/Toxicity Assessment and Fate/Transport of Persistent, Bio-accumulative and Toxic Substances (PBTs)
Chapter 11: Interactions of Microplastics with Microbial Communities and the Food Web/Plants
Chapter 12: Environmental and Toxicological Effects of Microplastics on Aquatic Ecosystems
Chapter 13: Human Exposures to Microplastics: Impact of Different Routes
SECTION III: REMOVAL, CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT OF MICROPLASTICS
Chapter 14: Potential Microplastics Solutions Across the Plastic Life Cycle
Chapter 15: Preventing Secondary Sources of Microplastics in the Environment
Chapter 16: Reducing and Eliminating Plastic Waste via Societal Changes
Chapter 17: Technologies for Removal, Remediation of Microplastics
Chapter 18: Catalysis for the Upcycling of Polymers
Chapter 19: Biodegradable Bioplastics
Chapter 20: Global Strategies/Policies and Citizen Science for Microplastic Management
Chapter 21: Life Cycle and Techno-economic Assessment of Microplastics Remediation Technologies and Policies
Chapter 22: Case Studies on Microplastics Contamination with a Focus on the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic
Sobre o autor
Rao Y. Surampalli is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (GIEES) in Lenexa, USA.
Tian C. Zhang is Professor in the department of Civil Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), USA.
Bashir M. Al-Hashimi is Vice-President for Research and Innovation at King’s College London, UK.
Chih-Ming Kao is Professor in the Institute of Environmental Engineering at the National Sun Yat-sen University in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Makarand M. Ghangrekar is Institute Chair Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.
Puspendu Bhunia is Professor at the School of Infrastructure, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, India.
Sovik Das is Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India.
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