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Solutions to microplastic pollution – Removal of microplastics from wastewater effluent with advanced wastewater treatment technologies
Water Research · 2017 · Vol. 123 · pp. 401–407
Julia Talvitie✉(Aalto University)Anna Mikola(Aalto University)Arto Koistinen(University of Eastern Finland)Outi Setälä(Finnish Environment Institute)
Microplastics and Plastic PollutionRecycling and Waste Management TechniquesGraphene and Nanomaterials ApplicationsEffluentWastewaterSewage treatmentEnvironmental scienceMicroplasticsSecondary treatmentFiltration (mathematics)PollutionDissolved air flotationMembrane bioreactor
MeSH terms
FiltrationPlasticsWaste Disposal, FluidWater Pollutants, ChemicalWastewater
Funding
- Maj ja Tor Nesslingin Säätiö
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