This review evaluates chemical and biochemical strategies for degrading microplastics and nanoplastics, suggesting hybrid approaches may be the most effective.
Key Points
This review investigates effective strategies for degrading microplastics and nanoplastics to mitigate environmental pollution.
Reviewed chemical degradation methods like photodegradation and pyrolysis.
Analyzed biochemical approaches, including enzymatic and microbial methods.
Assessed hybrid degradation systems that combine chemical and biochemical techniques.
Chemical methods can degrade plastics rapidly but may generate harmful byproducts.
Biochemical methods offer specific degradation with potential complete breakdown but face speed limitations.
Hybrid systems are highlighted as potentially the most effective approach for complete degradation.