Journal of hazardous materials
Polyethylene plastic degradation: The dual pathways from macroplastics to nanoplastics.
Aicha El Kharraf, Murielle Rabiller-Baudry, Ana Pradas Del Real, Christophe Sandt, Mark Wiesner, Gergely Nemeth, Dominique Bavay, Silvia Peraza Ku, Nathan Bossa, Melanie Davranche
Published: 202510.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.140200
Abstract
Plastics degrade in the environment through complex physical and chemical processes. Here, we demonstrate that nanoplastics (NPs) can be directly released from macroplastics, and not solely generated via intermediate microplastic (MP) fragmentation,…
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