GeBeMA - Development of an overall method for the determination of microplastics in wastewater

The project aims to develop an overall method for the determination of microplastics in the influents and effluents of wastewater treatment plants. The aim is to develop a continuous method from the sampling of representative solid samples from the wastewater, through sample preparation to analysis, and to validate it both in the influent and in the effluent of a municipal wastewater treatment plant of a combined sewer system over longer periods of time and under different discharge conditions. The two different methods EA-OEM and TED-GC/MS will be used for the microplastic analyses.