Microplastics in municipal solid waste landfills

In recent years, landfill sites have been identified as the major sources of microplastics (MPs). Since MPs acts as the source and sink for different hazardous compounds and have an influence on environmental fate of these pollutants the literature review was conducted in order to provide an insight on the current status of experimental research activities related to the MPs in different landfill compartments. The main objective of this work was to investigate the latest studies that provide data on MPs concentration levels and polymer types in landfill leachate, terrestrial landfill environment and air. Moreover, some possible future research directions have been proposed in order to design and establish adequate monitoring of MPs in the environment of landfill sites.