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A critical review of the overlooked challenge of determining micro-bioplastics in soil

FOJT, J. DAVID, j. PŘIKRYL, R. ŘEZÁČOVÁ, V. KUČERÍK, J.

Originální název

A critical review of the overlooked challenge of determining micro-bioplastics in soil

Typ

článek v časopise ve Web of Science, Jimp

Jazyk

angličtina

Originální abstrakt

Currently, non-biodegradable oil-based plastics are gradually being replaced by bio-based biodegradable plastics to prevent the formation of microplastics. For biodegradable materials to decompose completely, however, they require specific conditions that are rarely met in ecosystems. Paradoxically, this may lead to the fast production of microplastics from biodegradable materials, i.e. micro-bioplastics. Until recently, the scientific focus has been solely on the estimation of conventional microplastics. As a result, there is a lack of analytical methods for determining the amount of micro-bioplastics in soil. In this review, we address this problem by summarising sample pre-treatments and analytical techniques suitable for the determination of conventional microplastics, which serve as inspiration for the determination of microbioplastics from polyhydroxybutyrates, polylactic acid and polybutylene adipate terephthalate in soil. The analytical techniques include both pyrolysis-based techniques, i.e. thermoanalytical and non-thermoanalytical approaches including sample pre-separation and respective detection limits. We conclude that due to the incomplete knowledge of the production rate of micro-bioplastics, fate, sorption properties and toxicity, it is necessary to develop and validate a rapid and suitable method for their determination. Indeed, the use of thermoanalytical approaches seems to be the most promising strategy. Furthermore, we suggest how the development and analysis of micro-bioplastics should be addressed in future research. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Klíčová slova

Micro-bioplastics; PLA; PHB; PBAT; Biodegradation; Analysis

Autoři

FOJT, J.; DAVID, j.; PŘIKRYL, R.; ŘEZÁČOVÁ, V.; KUČERÍK, J.

Vydáno

25. 11. 2020

Nakladatel

ELSEVIER

Místo

AMSTERDAM

ISSN

0048-9697

Periodikum

Science of the Total Environment

Ročník

745

Číslo

140975

Stát

Nizozemsko

Strany od

1

Strany do

12

Strany počet

12

URL

BibTex

@article{BUT165830,
  author="FOJT, J. and DAVID, j. and PŘIKRYL, R. and ŘEZÁČOVÁ, V. and KUČERÍK, J.",
  title="A critical review of the overlooked challenge of determining micro-bioplastics in soil",
  journal="Science of the Total Environment",
  year="2020",
  volume="745",
  number="140975",
  pages="1--12",
  doi="10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140975",
  issn="0048-9697",
  url="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969720345046"
}