Microplastic Pollution in India and Its Environmental Impacts

Dr. Pradeep Khyalia has completed his doctoral degree in the Department of Environmental Science, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, India. He has completed a major project of BRNS on water quality of Rajasthan, India, as a research fellow. His major area of research is application of composting in plants growth, water and soil quality analysis, effect of radiation on human health, uranium monitoring, effect of uranium on plants, removal of heavy metals by native natural absorbents, bio-plastic synthesis, and microplastics.Dr. Sangita Yadav is currently working as a doctoral researcher fellow in the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India. Sangita Yadav received her M.Sc. degree from Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India. Her major research areas are nanoadsorption in wastewater treatment and nanotechnology. She has a keen interest in the research of microplastics.

• 1. Introduction.- Part I. Microplastics pollution and Monitoring.- 2.- Microplastics pollution in India as an Emerging Concern.- 3. Potential indicators of microplastics for monitoring microplastic pollution.- Part 2. Microplastics Impacts on Ecosystems.- 4. Microplastics in the terrestrial ecosystem of India.- 4. Microplastics in the inland water ecosystem of India.- 5. Microplastics in the sediments ecosystem of India.