The soil environment serves as an assembling area for microplastics, and is an important secondary source of microplastics in other environmental media. Recently, soil microplastics have been extensively studied; however, high variability is observed among the research results owing to different ...

Microplastic is an emerging contaminant of concern in soil globally due to its widespread and potential risks on the ecological system. Some basic issues such as the occurrence, source, and potential risks of microplastics in the soil are still open questions. These problems arise due to the lack...

Contaminants from microplastics in the soil can pose a huge and potential risk to global ecological systems. Microplastic contaminants have become an issue since the source and potential risks have gained a point of great concern. This problem is due to the lack of a comprehensive and systematic...

Pollution caused by macro- and microplastics has become a global concern that is ubiquitous throughout the environment. The reported impacts of macro-and/or microplastics in soil were mixed without uniform conclusions. Here, we quantitatively analyzed the effects of macro-and microplastics on crop...

Microplastics can accumulate in soils and strongly affect the biogeochemical cycle. Biodegradable plastic films show potential as sustainable alternatives that could reduce microplastic soil contamination and accumulation. However, the effects of traditional and biodegradable microplastics on soil...

Microplastics are difficult to degrade and could carry many kinds of pollutants. Furthermore, microplastics could compound with other pollutants in soil and exert adverse effects on the soil environment. Here, we systematically study the interaction of microplastics, including polyethylene(PE),...

The accumulation of microplastics poses potential risks to soil health. Here, we did a preliminary exploration on the potential of Lumbricus terrestris (Oligochaeta) to reduce low-density polyethylene (LDPE), polylactic acid (PLA), and polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT) microplastic (20-648...

Large amounts of microplastics have been accumulated in soils and their degradation is relatively slow. The residual time of microplastics in soils could be extended to decades or even over a hundred years. Therefore, the ecological effects of long-term residual of the microplastics in soils has...

The issue of microplastic pollution emerged from the marine environment, but the terrestrial environment is estimated to receive annually 4-23 times more plastic wastes. Microplastic pollution in the soil environment has thus begun to elicit great concern. This review summarizes the observed...

Compared with the widespread and serious heavy metal contamination in soils, microplastic pollution has gained attention only recently. Little is known about how microplastics affect the distribution of heavy metals in soils, especially across soil components level. In this study, a 180-day soil...