Table 3.
Investigation of the effect of microplastics degradation on antibiotic sorption (adapted from [93]).
| Antibiotic | Microplastics Type | Antibiotic Concentration (mg/L) |
Method of degradation | % increase or decrease in antibiotic sorption due to aging | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amoxicillin | TWP PE |
0.5–8 | Heat activated potassium persulfate aging process (15 days) | 24% increase 67% increase |
[97] | |
| Ciprofloxacin | PS PVC |
2–25 | UVC treated (4 × 15W bulbs) for 96 hours and shaken every 24 hours | 123.3% increase 20.4% increase |
[98] | |
| Ciprofloxacin | PLA PVC |
5 | UVA treated by 50W/m2 lamp for 72 hours | 34% increase 20.6% increase |
[95] | |
| Chlortetracycline | TWP PE |
0.5–8 | Heat activated potassium persulfate aging process (15 days) | 154% increase 130% increase |
[97] | |
| Oxytetracycline | TPU | 2.5–40 | UV treated by 5 mW/cm2 lamp for 10 days, shaken every 12 hours | 87.5% increase | [99] | |
| Oxytetracycline | PS | 2–50 | PS foam found on beaches in China (age unknown) | 110% increase | [92] | |
| Oxytetracycline | PLA | 0–12 | Microbial degradation | 39% increase | [100] | |
| Tetracycline | PLA PVC |
5 | UVA treated by 50W/m2 lamp for 72 hours | 171% increase 133% increase |
[95] | |
*PET = Polyethylene terephthalate, PS = Polystyrene, PE = Polyethylene, PLA = Polylactic Acid, TWP = Tyre Wear Particles, PVC = Polyvinyl chloride.