Status and prospects of wastewater treatment and reuse in agriculture

Microplastics in food commodities

“…Wastewater treatment plants (WWTP), depending on their effectiveness, may remove over 90 percent of microplastics from wastewater. However, particularly in the case of ineffective systems, a certain level of micro-and nanoparticles can easily be found in WWTP effluents, which will subsequently be used as water sources for purposes such as field irrigation (crops, flowers, vegetables, fodder crops) and for livestock drinking water (Kaur et al, 2012). Moreover, when microplastics end up in surface water and in groundwater reservoirs, they can later enter the drinking water supply chain and be found in household taps.…”