Improved methodology to determine the fate and transport of microplastics in a secondary wastewater treatment plant

Lost at Sea: Where Is All the Plastic?

Richard C. Thompson, Ylva S. Olsen, Richard P. Mitchell et al. · Science · 2004 · 7.5K citations

Natural Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Marine Sciences +17

Accumulation of Microplastic on Shorelines Woldwide: Sources and Sinks

Mark A. Oakley Browne, Phillip Crump, S. J. Niven et al. · Environmental Science & Technology · 2011 · 4.6K citations

Natural Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Marine Sciences +17

A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)

Shosuke Yoshida, Kazumi Hiraga, Toshihiko Takehana et al. · Science · 2016 · 3.2K citations

Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Microbiology +17

Synthetic polymers in the marine environment: A rapidly increasing, long-term threat

Charles J. Moore · Environmental Research · 2008 · 2.1K citations

Natural Sciences, Biotechnology, Marine Sciences +16

Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) as a Source of Microplastics in the Aquatic Environment

Fionn Murphy, Ciaran Ewins, Frederic Carbonnier et al. · Environmental Science & Technology · 2016 · 2K citations

Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Sciences +17