Do wastewater treatment plants act as a potential point source of microplastics? Preliminary study in the coastal Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea

This study on the removal of microplastics during different wastewater treatment unit processes was carried out at Viikinmäki wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). The amount of microplastics in the influent was high, but it decreased significantly during the treatment process. The major part of the fi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research. - 1986. - 72(2015), 9 vom: 07., Seite 1495-504
1. Verfasser: Talvitie, Julia (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Heinonen, Mari, Pääkkönen, Jari-Pekka, Vahtera, Emil, Mikola, Anna, Setälä, Outi, Vahala, Riku
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2015
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Plastics Waste Water Water Pollutants, Chemical Water 059QF0KO0R