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dc.contributor.author | Pittura, L | - |
dc.contributor.author | Foglia, A | - |
dc.contributor.author | Akyol, Ç | - |
dc.contributor.author | Cipolletta, G | - |
dc.contributor.author | Benedetti, M | - |
dc.contributor.author | Regoli, F | - |
dc.contributor.author | Eusebi, AL | - |
dc.contributor.author | Sabbatini, S | - |
dc.contributor.author | Tseng, LY | - |
dc.contributor.author | Katsou, E | - |
dc.contributor.author | Gorbi, S | - |
dc.contributor.author | Fatone, F | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-08-21T07:19:56Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-08-21T07:19:56Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020-09-23 | - |
dc.identifier | ORCID iD: Evina Katsou https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2638-7579 | - |
dc.identifier | 128415 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Pittura, L. et al. (2021) 'Microplastics in real wastewater treatment schemes: Comparative assessment and relevant inhibition effects on anaerobic processes', Chemosphere, 262, 128415, pp. 1 - 10. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128415. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0045-6535 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/27005 | - |
dc.description | Supplementary data are available online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653520326102#appsec1 . | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The occurrence, fate and removal of microplastics (MPs) in a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Central Italy were investigated together with their potential adverse effects on anaerobic processes. In the influent of the WWTP, 3.6 MPs.L−1 were detected that mostly comprised polyester fibers and particles in the shape of films, ranging 0.1–0.5 mm and made of polyethylene and polypropylene (PP). The full-scale conventional activated sludge scheme removed 86% of MPs, with the main reduction in the primary and secondary settling. MPs particles bigger than 1 mm were not detected in the final effluent and some loss of polymers types were observed. In comparison, the pilot-scale upflow granular anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) + anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) configuration achieved 94% MPs removal with the abatement of 87% of fibers and 100% of particles. The results highlighted an accumulation phenomenon of MPs in the sludge and suggested the need to further investigate the effects of MPs on anaerobic processes. Accordingly, PP-MPs at concentrations from 5 PP-MPs.gTS−1 to 50 PP-MPs.gTS−1 were spiked in the pilot-scale UASB reactor that was fed with real municipal wastewater, where up to 58% decrease in methanogenic activity was observed at the exposure of 50 PP-MPs.gTS−1. To the best of our knowledge, the presented results are the first to report of PP-MPs inhibition on anaerobic processes. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | This study was supported by the Polytechnic University of Marche - MICROWASTE Strategic Project 2017 and by the European Commission with the LIFE program - “LIFE BLUE LAKES” under the Grant Agreement No. LIFE18 GIE/IT/000813. Alessia Foglia kindly acknowledges the Fondazione Cariverona for funding her PhD scholarship. | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 1 - 10 | - |
dc.format.medium | Print-Electronic | - |
dc.language | English | - |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
dc.rights | Copyright © 2020 Elsevier. All rights reserved. This is the accepted manuscript version of an article which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128415, made available on this repository under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). | - |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | - |
dc.subject | microplastics | en_US |
dc.subject | municipal wastewater | en_US |
dc.subject | polypropylene | en_US |
dc.subject | sewage sludge | en_US |
dc.subject | UASB | en_US |
dc.title | Microplastics in real wastewater treatment schemes: Comparative assessment and relevant inhibition effects on anaerobic processes | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128415 | - |
dc.relation.isPartOf | Chemosphere | - |
pubs.publication-status | Published | - |
pubs.volume | 262 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1879-1298 | - |
dc.rights.holder | Elsevier | - |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Papers |
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