Preliminary assessment on the microplastic contamination in the atmospheric fallout in the Phuoc Hiep landfill, Cu Chi, Ho Chi Minh city

Nowadays, plastic pollution is an emerging concern worldwide. Global plastic production increases annually by approximately 3% and reached 335 million tons in 2017 [1], which has led to a dramatic change of the type of solid wastes discharged into the environment. Especially in developing countries, where plastic wastes are often mismanaged or abandoned in illegal dumping sites, plastic pollution is significantly contributing to environmental pollution [2]. As a result, plastic particles can be transferred to aquatic environments. Many studies have shown that plastics are found from continental aquatic system such as lakes, canals, and rivers to the oceans along the coastal zones, seabed sediments, beach sands, floating on the water’s surface and even in frozen ice in the Arctic and Antarctic regions [3].