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Int J Environ Res Public Health

Title:		"Plastic Waste Degradation in Landfill Conditions: The Problem with Microplastics, and Their Direct and Indirect Environmental Effects"
Author(s):		Wojnowska-Baryla I; Bernat K; Zaborowska M;
Address:		"Department of Environmental Biotechnology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Sloneczna 45G, 10-709 Olsztyn, Poland"
Journal Title:		Int J Environ Res Public Health
Year:		2022
Volume:		20221014
Issue:		20
Page Number:		-
DOI:		10.3390/ijerph192013223
ISSN/ISBN:		1660-4601 (Electronic) 1661-7827 (Print) 1660-4601 (Linking)
Abstract:		"As landfilling is a common method for utilizing plastic waste at its end-of-life, it is important to present knowledge about the environmental and technical complications encountered during plastic disposal, and the formation and spread of microplastics (MPs) from landfills, to better understand the direct and indirect effects of MPs on pollution. Plastic waste around active and former landfills remains a source of MPs. The landfill output consists of leachate and gases created by combined biological, chemical, and physical processes. Thus, small particles and/or fibers, including MPs, are transported to the surroundings by air and by leachate. In this study, a special focus was given to the potential for the migration and release of toxic substances as the aging of plastic debris leads to the release of harmful volatile organic compounds via oxidative photodegradation. MPs are generally seen as the key vehicles and accumulators of non-biodegradable pollutants. Because of their small size, MPs are quickly transported over long distances throughout their surroundings. With large specific surface areas, they have the ability to absorb pollutants, and plastic monomers and additives can be leached out of MPs; thus, they can act as both vectors and carriers of pollutants in the environment"
Keywords:		"Plastics/toxicity Microplastics *Volatile Organic Compounds *Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis Waste Disposal Facilities *Environmental Pollutants Gases *Refuse Disposal/methods landfill gases landfill leachate microplastics (MPs) plastic breakdown and;"
Notes:		"MedlineWojnowska-Baryla, Irena Bernat, Katarzyna Zaborowska, Magdalena eng Switzerland 2022/10/28 Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct 14; 19(20):13223. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192013223"