The Who's Who in Plastic Marine Pollution [article]

Mohamad Khoder, Nelly Hobeika
2018 Zenodo  
Plastic products are used widely in all industries and in our daily lives. This ubiquity of these degradation-resistant plastic products, however, has led to many environmental issues, including the serious impact on marine ecology. Marine litter loads in sea compartments are an emergent issue due to their ecological and biological consequences. In fact, the pollution caused by microplastics (MPs) particles size <5 mm) in seas and fresh water is of growing environmental concern due to their
more » ... degradability, biological ingestion by fish and other aquatic living organisms, that impact the food chains and potentially cause humans serious health problems. This study aims to assess and quantify the microplastics in sea water, by doing a characterization study in the LU laboratories of water samples from the Mediterranean sea. Finally, suggest a solution by modeling a simulation on ASPEN PLUS of a pyrolysis to convert collected household plastic into fuel oil and gas.
doi:10.5281/zenodo.5047725 fatcat:epsul6ar5vajpj32hhb6qe6lcm