| BET | Bet surface area and porosity | PE | Polyethylene |
| DMPs | Degradable microplastics | PFO | Pseudo-first order |
| D-R | Dubinin–Radushkevich | PHA | Polyhydroxyalkanoates |
| FT-IR | Fourier transform infrared | pHpzc | Point of zero charge |
| ICP-OES | Inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry | PLA | Polylactic acid |
| ID | Intraparticle diffusion | PP | Polypropylene |
| LDPE | Low-density polyethylene | PS | Polystyrene |
| MPs | Microplastics | PSO | Pseudo-second order |
| NDMPs | Non-degradable microplastics | PVC | Polyvinyl chloride |
| PBAT | Poly (butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) | SEM | Scanning electron microscopy |
| PBS | Poly (butylene succinate) | XPS | X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy |