Plastic and Microplastic in the Environment

Arif Ahamad, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.Pardeep Singh, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India. Dhanesh Tiwary, PhD, is Professor and Head of the Chemistry Department at the Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

• List of Contributors xii Preface xvi1 Sources, Occurrence, and Analysis of Microplastics in Freshwater Environments: A Review 1Anh Tuan Ta and Sandhya Babel2 Microplastics in Freshwater Environments – With Special Focus on the Indian Scenario 18Sumi Handique3 Microplastic Contamination in the Marine Food Web: Its Impact on Human Health 34Richa Singh4 Microplastic in the Aquatic Ecosystem and Human Health Implications 49Ankita Ojha, Ankitendran Mishra, and Dhanesh Tiwary5 Interactions of Microplastics Toward an Ecological Risk in Soil Diversity: An Appraisal 63Iqbal Ansari, Marlia Mohd Hanafiah, Maha M. El-Kady, Charu Arora, and Sumbul Jahan6 Microplastics in the Air and Their Associated Health Impacts 84Akanksha Rajput, Rakesh Kumar, Antima Gupta, and Shivali Gupta7 Plastic Marine Litter in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Sea: Current Research Trends and Management Strategies 103Soha Shabaka8 Advanced Detection Techniques for Microplastics in Different Environmental Media 129Arely Areanely Cruz-Salas, Sara Ojeda-Benítez, Juan Carlos Álvarez-Zeferino, Carolina Martínez-Salvador, Jocelyn Tapia-Fuentes, Beatriz Pérez-Aragón, and Alethia Vázquez-Morillas9 Bio-Based and Biodegradable Plastics as Alternatives to Conventional Plastics 170Bhabesh Kumar Choudhury, Rupjyoti Haloi, Kaushik Kumar Bharadwaj, Sanchayita Rajkhowa, and Jyotirmoy Sarma10 Biodegradable Plastics: New Challenges and Possibilities toward Green Sustainable Development 187Rabindra Kumar and Sumeer Razdan11 Current Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities for Plastic Recycling 205Yong Chen and Steplinpaulselvin Selvinsimpson12 Microbial Degradation of Micro-Plastics 222Pooja Sharma, Sophayo Mahongnao, and Sarita Nanda13 Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Plastics 245Kailas L. Wasewar, Sushil Kumar, Dharm Pal, and Hasan Uslu14 Role of Education and Society in Dealing Plastic Pollution in the Future 267Nalini Singh Chauhan and Abhay PuniaIndex 282