The sustainable application of biosolids to agricultural land is being limited by many contaminants such as microbial pathogens, PFAS, microplastics, and heavy metals…
This project is investigating the fate and transport of microplastics in the whole of water supply cycle…
Microbeads derived from personal care products that are introduced to waste water treatment streams and contaminated by persistent organic pollutants are an increasing area of concern for terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems…
Biosolids, the main by product from wastewater treatment plants, have a high potential in agricultural applications because they contain important plant nutrients and they can function as soil amendments…
Wastewater is known to contain tiny particles of plastic, some may remain at the end of the treatment process…
Tonnes of microplastics end up in our oceans and waterways each year impacting animals and the environment, as well as wastewater treatments plants and other infrastructure…
Microplastics are already somewhat ubiquitous in the environment, due to the wide use of plastics around the world…