Plastic pollution and its potential risks have been raising public concerns as a global environmental issue.Global plastic waste may double by 2030,posing a significant challenge to the remediation of environmental pl...Plastic pollution and its potential risks have been raising public concerns as a global environmental issue.Global plastic waste may double by 2030,posing a significant challenge to the remediation of environmental plastics.In addition to finding alternative products and managing plastic emission sources,effective removal technologies are crucial to mitigate the negative impact of plastic pollution.However,current remediation strategies,including physical,chemical,and biological measures,are unable to compete with the surging amounts of plastics entering the environment.This perspective lays out recent advances to propel both research and action.In this process,phytoaccumulation,phytostabilization,and phytofiltration can be applied to reduce the concentration of nanoplastics and submicron plastics in terrestrial,aquatic,and atmospheric environments,as well as to prevent the transport of microplastics from sources to sinks.Meanwhile,advocating for a more promising future still requires significant efforts in screening hyperaccumulators,coupling multiple measures,and recycling stabilized plastics from plants.Phytoremediation can be an excellent strategy to alleviate global micro/nanoplastic pollution because of the cost-effectiveness and environmental sustainability of green technologies.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32201391 and 42107048)the Special Research Assistant Project,Chinese Academy of Sciences(E1291P02)the support of the Department of Biology,University of Southern Denmark,and Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond(0165-00056B).
文摘Plastic pollution and its potential risks have been raising public concerns as a global environmental issue.Global plastic waste may double by 2030,posing a significant challenge to the remediation of environmental plastics.In addition to finding alternative products and managing plastic emission sources,effective removal technologies are crucial to mitigate the negative impact of plastic pollution.However,current remediation strategies,including physical,chemical,and biological measures,are unable to compete with the surging amounts of plastics entering the environment.This perspective lays out recent advances to propel both research and action.In this process,phytoaccumulation,phytostabilization,and phytofiltration can be applied to reduce the concentration of nanoplastics and submicron plastics in terrestrial,aquatic,and atmospheric environments,as well as to prevent the transport of microplastics from sources to sinks.Meanwhile,advocating for a more promising future still requires significant efforts in screening hyperaccumulators,coupling multiple measures,and recycling stabilized plastics from plants.Phytoremediation can be an excellent strategy to alleviate global micro/nanoplastic pollution because of the cost-effectiveness and environmental sustainability of green technologies.
