2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140016
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Approaching the environmental problem of microplastics: Importance of WWTP treatments

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“…Nevertheless, also small fibers have been reported to travel through RSFs, where in one study the removal efficiency for small fibers by RSF was only 53.8%. Also, sand filtration has been noted to fragment microplastics into even smaller particles [4] [114]. Ultrafiltration (UF) is often used for the removal of particulates and macromolecules from raw water to produce potable water, and is more and more replacing secondary treatment methods such as coagulation, flocculation, and sedimentation and more classical tertiary filtration such as sand filtration.…”
Section: Studies Of Mp Retainment By Wastewater Treatment Plants Aroumentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Nevertheless, also small fibers have been reported to travel through RSFs, where in one study the removal efficiency for small fibers by RSF was only 53.8%. Also, sand filtration has been noted to fragment microplastics into even smaller particles [4] [114]. Ultrafiltration (UF) is often used for the removal of particulates and macromolecules from raw water to produce potable water, and is more and more replacing secondary treatment methods such as coagulation, flocculation, and sedimentation and more classical tertiary filtration such as sand filtration.…”
Section: Studies Of Mp Retainment By Wastewater Treatment Plants Aroumentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Lo mismo ocurrió posteriormente en Canadá y Estados Unidos: en 2015, el gobierno canadiense publicó una propuesta para añadir las microperlas plásticas a una lista de sustancias tóxicas, en virtud de la Ley de Protección Ambiental de Canadá, y en EE.UU. se firmó la Ley de Aguas Libres de microperlas, que prohibía la fabricación y venta de cosméticos que las contuvieran (Sol et al, 2020).…”
Section: Legislación Sobre Microplásticosunclassified
“…Hoy en día, las EDAR juegan un doble papel en el campo de los MP, ya que son consideradas sumidero de estos contaminantes, procedentes de aguas residuales domésticas, efluentes industriales, escorrentía superficial, aguas pluviales y vertederos (Murphy et al, 2016), así como fuente de emisión (Gatidou et al, 2019;Sun et al, 2019), ya que no consiguen eliminar la mayoría de los MP que le llegan, sino retenerlos y transferirlos a los fangos (Murphy et al, 2016, Magnusson y Norén, 2014, Lares et al, 2018. En la mayoría de los países, los lodos, fangos o biosólidos, se emplean como fertilizante en suelos agrícolas Magni et al, 2019), resultando ser una fuente importante de ingreso de MP al medio ambiente (Boucher y Friot, 2017;Sol et al, 2020). Por lo tanto, aunque la cantidad de MP finalmente emitidos por las EDAR podría no ser muy elevada, claramente contribuyen al enriquecimiento de aguas dulces y, finalmente, de los océanos (Talvitie et al, 2015;Murphy et al, 2016;Mintenig et al, 2017).…”
Section: El Papel De Las Plantas De Tratamiento De Aguas Residualesunclassified
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