Microplastics in Freshwater: A Focus on the Russian Inland Waters

• Published in: Water
• Main Authors: Yulia Frank, Alexandra Ershova, Svetlana Batasheva, Egor Vorobiev, Svetlana Rakhmatullina, Danil Vorobiev, Rawil Fakhrullin
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: microplastics; freshwater ecosystems; rivers; lakes; bottom sediments; plastic pollution; Imandra; dvina
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/w14233909

The low production costs and useful properties of synthetic polymers have led to their ubiquitous use, from food packaging and household products to high-tech applications in medicine and electronics. Incomplete recycling of plastic materials results in an accumulation of plastic waste, which slowly...