Level National
Plastic types Microplastics Nanoplastics
Funding source German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Research for Sustainable Development (FONA), Framework Programme of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Project Website https://webarchiv.typo3.tum.de/TUM/wasser-submuetrack/submuetrack/startseite/index.html
Project cost 2.032.472,00 EUR
Period September 2017 - August 2020
Geographical area Europe
Categories Human Exposure Water Wastewater Treatment
Tags submicroplastic
Project partners
  • Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt - Germany,
  • BS-Partikel GmbH - Germany,
  • Institut für Energie- und Umwelttechnik e.V. (IUTA) - Germany,
  • Institut für Grundwasserökologie (IGOE) am Helmholtz-Zentrum München - Germany,
  • Postnova Analytics GmbH - Germany,
  • Umweltbundesamt (UBA) - Germany
Description

Tracking Down Smallest Plastic Particles: Microplastics in the environment are an issue whose extent and effects have not yet been sufficiently investigated. Current analytical methods make it possible to detect particles in the size range up to one micrometer (µm), i.e. one thousandth of a millimeter. Even smaller, so-called submicroparticles, were scarcely researched to date. Due to their properties, these submicroparticles are potentially even more harmful to humans and the environment than larger plastic particles. The project partners of the joint research project SubµTrack are developing new methods of analysis and evaluation, which will allow for assessment and toxicological investigations of plastic particles of different sizes.

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Knowledge Gaps

Characteristics of plastic-general

Degradation

Environmental fate and behavior of plastic

Environmental effects and ecotoxicity

Characterization test methods

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PDFIdentification of microplastics in wastewater after cascade filtration using Pyrolysis-GC–MS
September 24 2021
PDFModelling and Differential Quantification of Electric Cell-Substrate Impedance Sensing Growth Curves
August 5 2021
PDFRelease of microplastic particles to the aquatic environment via wastewater treatment plants: The impact of sand filters as tertiary treatment
June 22 2021
PDFWhich particles to select, and if yes, how many?
May 12 2021
PDFOrganic Contaminants and Interactions with Micro- and Nano-Plastics in the Aqueous Environment: Review of Analytical Methods
February 22 2021
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