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ArticleNature communications2026

Landfill: time capsule of plastic waste but microplastic generation source.

Qiujie Huang, Hui Wang, Changfu Yang, Jicui Cui, Muhammad Amjad Farooq, Zhaowen Cheng, Xiaoming Wang, Zhiyong Han, Beidou Xi, Youcai Zhao and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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12 authors.

Qiujie Huang *School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Solid Waste Treatment, State Key Laboratory of Green Papermaking and Resource Recycling, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Hui Wang *School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Solid Waste Treatment, State Key Laboratory of Green Papermaking and Resource Recycling, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Changfu YangSchool of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Solid Waste Treatment, State Key Laboratory of Green Papermaking and Resource Recycling, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Jicui CuiSchool of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Solid Waste Treatment, State Key Laboratory of Green Papermaking and Resource Recycling, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6953-8683
Muhammad Amjad FarooqSichuan Research Institute Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Sichuan, China.
Zhaowen ChengSchool of Resource Environment and Safety Engineering, University of South China, Hengyang, China.
Xiaoming WangCollege of Environment and Ecology, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China.
Zhiyong HanCollege of Ecology and Environment, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, China.
Beidou XiChinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China. xibd@craes.org.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-6997-4001
Youcai ZhaoThe State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Yong GengSchool of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Solid Waste Treatment, State Key Laboratory of Green Papermaking and Resource Recycling, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2284-1375
Ziyang LouSchool of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Solid Waste Treatment, State Key Laboratory of Green Papermaking and Resource Recycling, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. louworld12@sjtu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5389-3728

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Landfills act as critical terrestrial sources of microplastics, functioning as "leaky time capsules" continuously releasing pollutants into surrounding ecosystems. Here, we establish a prediction model to dynamically quantify microplastic generation in landfills. By calibrating 31 years of in-situ tracking at a large-scale landfill together with a nationwide field investigation across 37 landfills, we systematically identify the spatial patterns of microplastic generation in China. East China acts as a primary hotspot contributing 45.6% of the total microplastic stock. Landfills in coastal areas account for nearly one-third of the national microplastic stock despite representing only 8.3% of the total sites. Although aggressive source reduction and in-situ remediation reduce the national microplastic by 46.4% by 2050, high-risk landfills in coastal areas remain insensitive to these measures. These findings highlight the necessity of differentiated regional control measures to effectively mitigate landfill-sourced microplastic pollution.

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PMCPMC13594273

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