Study on the potential of microplastic removal by using adsorption technique in water

Water pollution is one of the major types of pollution. Water pollution refers to the contamination of water with hazardous substances or chemicals that are harmful to human health, animals, and plants. One of the major factors of water pollution is plastic pollution. Plastic is available in a wide variety of sizes, shapes, and colors. Plastics have the potential to indiscriminately contaminate water and be released into the environment as improperly managed waste. Microplastics come in a variety of forms, including microfibers, microbeads, and broken-down particles of bigger plastics. Microplastics are small plastic pieces that are less than five millimeters. Microplastics in the biosphere are currently a major environmental concern due to their potential toxicity to human health and aquatic. There are many ways to treat and remove microplastic in wastewater treatment such as activated carbon. Activated carbon is widely used as an adsorbent in environmental protection. The focus of this research is to determine the efficiency of microplastic removal by using produced activated carbon. To increase the percentage of removal microplastic from water, magnetic activated carbon was used to remove microplastic from water. As for the result, the highest percentage removal is PE which is 89.05% compared to other microplastic sample which is percentage removal for PS is 85.79% and PET is 86.53%.