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. 2023 Jun 9;892:164803. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164803

Table 3.

Weighted amounts of PP-containing MP in MFA compartments.

Compartments Amount (kg/y)
Weighted amount (kg/y)a
d = 5 μm d = 20 μm
Source
Released to
PP-MP in mask 46,284 740,524 86,748
WWTP 105 1678 197
WIP 21,720 347,355 40,700
Landfill 25,672 410,758 48,117
End-point Water 72 1147 135
Air 120 1927 225
Soil 772 12,351 1447
Export Reuse 166 2650 311
Sludge recycling 64 1017 120
Removal of MP 19,539 312,619 36,621
a

Type-1 masks were assumed to predominantly use PP fibers with a diameter of 5 μm, whereas type-2 and type-3 masks use fibers with a diameter of 20 μm. The Weighted amount in each compartments was calculated based on the given information (WFs) in Table 1.