Proceedings of the International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea

Chapter 1 Sub-Basin Scale Heterogeneity in the Polymeric Composition of Floating Microplastics in the Mediterranean Sea

Chapter 2 Floating Microplastics in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea: Temporal and Spatial Heterogeneities

Chapter 3 Microplastic Abundance and Polymer Types in a Mediterranean Environment

Chapter 4 TARA Mediterranean Expedition: Assessing the Impact of Microplastics on Mediterranean Ecosystem

Chapter 5 Statistical Methodology for Identifying Microplastic Samples Collected During TARA Mediterranean Campaign

Chapter 6 Toward 3D Modeling the Plastic Marine Debris in the Mediterranean

Chapter 7 Assessment of Microplastics Marine Pollution from an Environmental NGO’s Point of View: The First Study About the Widespread Presence of Plastic Pellets Along the Italian Coast

Chapter 8 Microplastics from Wastewater Treatment Plants—Preliminary Data

Chapter 9 Challenging the Microplastic Extraction from Sandy Sediments

Chapter 10 Are Our Synthetic Fabrics Released into the Marine Environment? Evidences on Microplastics Pollution in Wastewater Coming from Our Laundry

Chapter 11 Analytical Approach for the Detection of Micro-sized Fibers from Textile Laundry

Chapter 12 Study on Microplastics Release from Fishing Nets

Chapter 13 A Research on Microplastic Presence in Outdoor Air

Chapter 14 Commonly Used Disposable Plastic Bags as a Source of Microplastic in Environment

Chapter 15 From Coral Triangle to Trash Triangle—How the Hot spot of Global Marine Biodiversity Is Threatened by Plastic Waste

Chapter 16 Preliminary Assessment of Microplastic Accumulation in Wild Mediterranean Species

Chapter 17 Zooplankton and Plastic Additives—Insights into the Chemical Pollution of the Low-Trophic Level of the Mediterranean Marine Food Web

Chapter 18 Microplastics in Juvenile Commercial Fish from an Estuarine Environment

Chapter 19 Plastic Soles: Microplastic Litter in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Solea solea from the Adriatic Sea

Chapter 20 Size-Selective Feeding by Mesopelagic Fish Can Impact Ocean Surface Abundance of Small Plastic Particles

Chapter 21 Dynamics in Microplastic Ingestion During the Past Six Decades in Herbivorous Fish on the Mediterranean Israeli Coast

Chapter 22 Nanoplastic Impact on Human Health—A 3D Intestinal Model to Study the Interaction with Nanoplastic Particles

Chapter 23 Imitating the Weathering of Microplastics in the Marine Environment

Chapter 24 Microbial Degradation of HDPE Secondary Microplastics: Preliminary Results

Chapter 25 Assessing Marine Biodegradability of Plastic—Towards an Environmentally Relevant International Standard Test Scheme

Chapter 26 Marine Fate of Biodegradable Plastic—Substitution Potential and Ecological Impacts

Chapter 27 Biodegradable Poly(Butylene Succinate)-Based Composites for Food Packaging

Chapter 28 Degradation of Biodegradable Plastic Buried in Sand

Chapter 29 Non-conventional Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction of Alginates from Sargassum Seaweed: From Coastal Waste to a Novel Polysaccharide Source

Chapter 30 Eco-Sustainable Finishing Treatment of Polyamide Fabrics to Reduce the Release of Microplastics During Washing Processes

Chapter 31 Mitigation of the Impact Caused by Microfibers Released During Washings by Implementing New Chitosan Finishing Treatments

Chapter 32 MWCNT/Polyaniline Nanocomposites Used for pH Nanosensors of Marine Waters

Chapter 33 Removal of Heavy Metal Ions from Wastewater Using Bio- and Nanosorbents