Microplastics and adsorbed micropollutants as emerging contaminants in landfill: A mini review

Landfills are the hub of numerous kinds of contaminants. Plastic dumping in landfills around the world is considered a global concern considering environmental and human health risks. The landfill environmental condition accelerates the disintegration of plastics that ultimately turned into the emerging contaminant, microplastics (MPs). MPs disseminate in the peripheral environmental matrices through runoff and leachate leakage. Besides, MPs have the affinity for both organic and inorganic micropollutants to adsorb on their sur-face and assist in the amplification of many emergent micro-organic (e.g., polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)) and inorganic (e.g., heavy metals) pollutants. This mini-review conducts a literature review on the current publications on MPs in landfills and their contribution to emergent micropollutants in landfill sites.