Short description:

In this timely handbook, one of a series of three, leading contributors from around the world offer practical insight into the challenges and opportunities for using various technologies to tackle microplastic pollution and improve microplastic management in agricultural soil.

Long description:

In this timely handbook, one of a series of three, leading contributors from around the world offer practical insight into the challenges and opportunities for using various technologies to tackle microplastic pollution and improve microplastic management in agricultural soil.

Through this book, readers will gain a deep understanding of microplastic pollution in soils and its effects and knowledge of strategies and technologies to identify, monitor, and combat this. Early chapters describe microplastics in the rural environment, their accumulation, and their effects on soil biological processes and biodiversity, before moving on to address identification, analysis, and monitoring. Finally, they address innovative solutions for soil remediation, such as microbial strain engineering and other techniques. An introduction is provided at the beginning of each chapter for those interested in a brief synopsis, and copious references are provided for those wishing to study each chapter topic in greater detail. This book furnishes readers with the knowledge to identify and monitor microplastic levels in soil and reduce these to mitigate their harmful effects on soil biodiversity and ecosystems in agricultural soil, improving environmental and human health and minimizing economic losses. For a wider perspective, readers are encouraged to refer to the other two titles in this series, subtitled Microplastic Pollution in Aquatic Environments and Monitoring and Treatment of Microplastics and Policy Perspectives.

In its exploration of the relationships among the characteristics of microplastics, their mobility, transport pathways, and treatment, this handbook represents a vital practical guide for academics, industry-based researchers, and policymakers worldwide to address soil biodiversity and ecological health.

Table of Contents:

1. Identifying Knowledge Gaps and Research Needs in Microplastic Pollution Research  2. Microplastic in the Environment: Sources, Impacts on Human Health  3. Source Identification Via Natural and Anthropogenic Impacts  4. Micro/Nano Plastics in Agricultural Soils and Associated Hazard  5. Quantification And Ecotoxicological Evaluation of Microplastics in Soil Ecosystem  6. Fate, Transport Pathways, And Accumulation of Microplastics in Agricultural Soil and Their Interaction with Agrochemicals  7. Impact Of Microplastics on Soil?s Biodiversity and Public Health  8. Innovative Solutions for Soil Remediation from Microplastics Pollution  9. Mitigation Of Microplastics Impacts for Soil Remediation  10. Microbial Strain Engineering for Microplastics Removal in Soils  11. Mechanisms And Influencing Factors Making Agricultural Soil as A Sink for Microplastics  12. Microplastics in Agricultural Soil  13. Micro/Nano Plastics in Agricultural Soils and Associated Hazard  14. Influences Of Coexisting Aged Microplastics on The Ecological and Health Risks  15. Minimizing Microplastics: Impacts on Restoring Soil  16. Microplastic Pollution in the Environment: Effects of Microplastic Particles on Geotechnical and Othe Properties of Soil  17. Fate Microplastics? Build-Up in Agricultural Soil and How They Interact with Agrochemicals  18. Microplastics in Freshwater and Soil: Policy Implementation and Management  19. Microplastics' Ecotoxicological Assessment and Quantification in The Soil Ecosystem  20. Microplastics in the Air  21. Impact Of Microplastics Interactions Within Agricultural Soil on Its Nutrient Recycling and Fertility  22. Microplastics as an Emerging Source of Particulate Air Pollution  23. The Impact of Plastic Products on Air Pollution: A Comprehensive Review