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ArticleEnvironmental science and ecotechnology2025

How soon will landfilled plastics integrate into the geological carbon cycle?

Yicheng Yang, Junjie Qiu, Hua Zhang, Pinjing He, Fan Lü

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Article in Environmental science and ecotechnology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Yicheng YangInstitute of Waste Treatment & Reclamation, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China.
Junjie QiuInstitute of Waste Treatment & Reclamation, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China.
Hua ZhangInstitute of Waste Treatment & Reclamation, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China.
Pinjing HeInstitute of Waste Treatment & Reclamation, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China.
Fan LüInstitute of Waste Treatment & Reclamation, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Approximately half of plastic waste ends up in landfills, where fragmentation leads to the leakage of microplastics, nanoplastics, and petrogenic carbon back into ecosystems. However, the timeframe for plastic re-entry into the geological carbon cycle remains unknown. Using landfill-derived field data, we developed a model predicting fragmentation of various polymers into macroplastics, microplastics, fine microplastics, and nanoplastics. We find total waste plastic concentrations range from 85 to 414 mg g

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LandfillsMicroplasticsNanoplasticsPlastic carbonPlastic evolution

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PMID40677627
PMCPMC12269459

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