Microplastic pollution in freshwater sediments: effects at the hydrology, microbial biofilm and thus water quality under global change threats

We live in the “plastic age”. Plastics are key for societal innovation and used on a daily basis.

However, due to their ubiquity, persistence, inadequate management & improper waste disposal, they tend to accumulate in the environment. Besides, during their life cycle, they degrade into tiny polluting bits called microplastics (MP