NANOCLIPO_Ukraine

Plastics benefit society in innumerable ways and their production has drastically increased over the last century, resulting in a dramatic generation of plastic wastes. Most studies assessing plastics focused on microplastics (MP) in marine environments, while the occurrence of nanoplastics (NPT) have been overlooked in terrestrial and soil systems. NPT environmental risks also result from their ability to carrier metals through environmental interfaces. However, no information exits on the impact of the pedoclimatic conditions that control the physico-chemical conditions as well as the water flow in soils on such processes. NANOCLIPO aims to assess the transfer and resulting migration of NPT and associated metal from soil to the hydrosystems under various climatic conditions to further characterize and evaluate the genuine risk posed by NPT occurrence in the Critical Zone.