Microplastics: Transport, Impacts, Monitoring and Mitigation provides a critical analysis of our current understanding of microplastic science, the methods by which microplastic are observed in the environment, and our options for mitigation and remediation. Associated concern for the environment has resulted in substantial interest in the management and mitigation of these persistent and pervasive pollutants. Nevertheless, our progress towards reliable monitoring and successful management has been limited.
The book is intended for those studying or working in the fields of environmental science and waste management (as well as associated areas), and provides the holistic context needed to evaluate and interpret the outputs associated with the interlinked problems of plastic and microplastics. In this manner, the reader will be invited to explore the ongoing challenges which have thus far prevented the development of a thorough understanding of the risk posed by plastic and microplastic pollution, to discuss the implications of ongoing uncertainty to effective plastic management, evaluate the current strategies to control the ongoing proliferation of plastic pollution.
1. Microplastics - p. ii 2. Cover - p. ii 3. Title Page - p. ii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Dedication - p. vi 6. Table of Contents - p. vii 7. About the author - p. xiii 8. Preface - p. xv 9. Acknowledgements - p. xvii 10. List of abbreviations - p. xix 11. Chapter 1 The proliferation of plastics - p. 1 12. Chapter 2 Microplastics on the move - p. 13 13. Chapter 3 Monitoring environmental accumulation - p. 37 14. Chapter 4 Exploring interaction, uptake and impacts - p. 67 15. Chapter 5 Ecosystem-level effects - p. 103 16. Chapter 6 Associated pollutants and secondary effects - p. 125 17. Chapter 7 A great many Rs - p. 145 18. Chapter 8 Recover and remove: rise of the litter collector - p. 169 19. Chapter 9 Consume: biological fragmentation and degradation of polymers - p. 185 20. Chapter 10 Policy priorities: emerging trends in a global response - p. 209 21. Chapter 11 ‘Solutions’ versus sustainability - p. 233 22. Chapter 12 Microplastic forecast - p. 245 23. Index - p. 263
Microplastics: Transport, Impacts, Monitoring and Mitigation provides a critical analysis of our current understanding of microplastic science, the methods by which microplastic are observed in the environment, and our options for mitigation and remediation. Associated concern for the environment has resulted in substantial interest in the management and mitigation of these persistent and pervasive pollutants. Nevertheless, our progress towards reliable monitoring and successful management has been limited.
The book is intended for those studying or working in the fields of environmental science and waste management (as well as associated areas), and provides the holistic context needed to evaluate and interpret the outputs associated with the interlinked problems of plastic and microplastics. In this manner, the reader will be invited to explore the ongoing challenges which have thus far prevented the development of a thorough understanding of the risk posed by plastic and microplastic pollution, to discuss the implications of ongoing uncertainty to effective plastic management, evaluate the current strategies to control the ongoing proliferation of plastic pollution.
1. Microplastics - p. ii 2. Cover - p. ii 3. Title Page - p. ii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Dedication - p. vi 6. Table of Contents - p. vii 7. About the author - p. xiii 8. Preface - p. xv 9. Acknowledgements - p. xvii 10. List of abbreviations - p. xix 11. Chapter 1 The proliferation of plastics - p. 1 12. Chapter 2 Microplastics on the move - p. 13 13. Chapter 3 Monitoring environmental accumulation - p. 37 14. Chapter 4 Exploring interaction, uptake and impacts - p. 67 15. Chapter 5 Ecosystem-level effects - p. 103 16. Chapter 6 Associated pollutants and secondary effects - p. 125 17. Chapter 7 A great many Rs - p. 145 18. Chapter 8 Recover and remove: rise of the litter collector - p. 169 19. Chapter 9 Consume: biological fragmentation and degradation of polymers - p. 185 20. Chapter 10 Policy priorities: emerging trends in a global response - p. 209 21. Chapter 11 ‘Solutions’ versus sustainability - p. 233 22. Chapter 12 Microplastic forecast - p. 245 23. Index - p. 263
