Sources of microplastics pollution in the marine environment: Importance of wastewater treatment plant and coastal landfill.

Abstract:

:This study investigated the role of a municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent and an abandoned coastal landfill as pathways for microplastics (MPs) input into the marine environment. MPs were first analyzed in raw sewage influent, sludge and effluent samples, and their fate was studied along a distance gradient from the WWTP in three matrices: surface water, sediments and wild mussels. All suspected MPs were characterized according to their polymer nature using micro-Raman spectroscopy. The investigated WWTP had an estimated daily discharge of 227 million MPs. MPs were found in all matrices with a decreasing abundance from the effluent. Strong MPs abundances (higher than those found near the WWTP effluent) were observed in the vicinity of the coastal landfill suggesting its importance as a MPs entry route into the marine coastal environment. Our study supports the idea that blue mussels are a promising sentinel species for MPs (<200 μm).

journal_name

Mar Pollut Bull

authors

Kazour M,Terki S,Rabhi K,Jemaa S,Khalaf G,Amara R

doi

10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.06.066

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-09-01 00:00:00

pages

608-618

eissn

0025-326X

issn

1879-3363

pii

S0025-326X(19)30512-0

journal_volume

146

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