Plastic particles below a diameter of 5 mm are often grouped together under the label ‘microplastics’ in current Environmental Impact Assessment protocols, regardless of their environmental half-life. We argue for a fundamental shift in nomenclature and regulatory frameworks: microplastics should be regulated according to degradability, with separate categories for transient and persistent particles.
Regulatory frameworks need to distinguish persistent from transient plastic fragments
Cucina, Mirko
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2026
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Plastic particles below a diameter of 5 mm are often grouped together under the label ‘microplastics’ in current Environmental Impact Assessment protocols, regardless of their environmental half-life. We argue for a fundamental shift in nomenclature and regulatory frameworks: microplastics should be regulated according to degradability, with separate categories for transient and persistent particles.File in questo prodotto:
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