20.500.12556/DiRROS-20118 Between source and sea the role of wastewater treatment in reducing marine microplastics Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are a focal point for the removal of microplastic (MP) particles before they are discharged into aquatic environments. WWTPs are capable of removing substantial quantities of larger MP particles but are inefficient in removing particles with any one dimension of less than 100 μm, with influents and effluents tending to have similar quantities of these smaller particles. As a single WWTP may release >100 billion MP particles annually, collectively WWTPs are significant contributors to the problem of MP pollution of global surface waters. Currently, there are no policies or regulations requiring the removal of MPs during wastewater treatment, but as concern about MP pollution grows, the potential for wastewater technologies to capture particles before they reach surface waters has begun to attract attention. There are promising technologies in various stages of development that may improve the removal of MP particles from wastewater. Better incentivization could speed up the research, development and adoption of innovative practices. This paper describes the current state of knowledge regarding MPs, wastewater and relevant policies that could influence the development and deployment of new technologies within WWTPs. We review existing technologies for capturing very small MP particles and examine new developments that may have the potential to overcome the shortcomings of existing methods. The types of collaborations needed to encourage and incentivize innovation within the wastewater sector are also discussed, specifically strong partnerships among scientific and engineering researchers, industry stakeholders, and policy decision makers. wastewater microplastic particle removal innovation policy jellyfish mucus odpadne vode mikroplastika odstranjevaje delcev inovacije zakonodaja meduzni mukus true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Neznano 2024-08-06 07:54:57 2024-08-06 07:54:57 2024-08-07 04:07:16 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2020 0 0 str. 1-11 110642 Vol. 266 15 Jul. 2020 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2020-07-15 504.5 0301-4797 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110642 14020867 https://www-sciencedirect-com.nukweb.nuk.uni-lj.si/science/article/pii/S0301479720305740?via%3Dihub 1 aaa2d1cb-53a7-11ef-b487-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=28065 RAZ_Freeman_Shirra_2020.pdf RAZ_Freeman_Shirra_2020.pdf 1 1C5719255FD65D4002814C04C66146C9 71cf7b43386eb1ecf908e9cdbdb325bc9358fca53615c54c366347c59a865ac8 c71f99df-53a7-11ef-b487-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=28066 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110642 0 d3ac63fe-53a7-11ef-b487-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=28067 Nacionalni inštitut za biologijo 0 0 0