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1. Sources of soil contamination by plastics
1.1 Organic waste products
Although very recent, the scientific literature on soil contamination by plastics has focused on agricultural soils. One of the main routes by which plastics enter agricultural soils is through the spreading of plastic-contaminated organic waste products (or ORPs). These include organic waste and/or by-products from households, the agri-food industry, urban activities and agriculture. The term PRO thus encompasses livestock effluents, methanization digestates, composts, green waste, urban and rural wastewater treatment plant sludge (or biosolids), paper mill sludge, etc.
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Websites
Ifremer Contaminants monitored – Envlit – Ifremer
https://www.ifremer.fr/envlit/Surveillance-du-littoral/Contaminants-chimiques/Contaminants-suivis
ECHA Search for Chemicals – ECHA
...Standards and norms
- Organic amendments – Designations, specifications and marking. - NF U44-051 - 2006
- Sludge, treated biowaste and soil – Determination of foreign matter and stones. - XP CEN/TS 16202 - 2013
- Organic amendments and growing media – Analysis method for inert components – Bleach method. - NF U44-164 - 2014
- Plastics – Biodegradable thermoplastic mulch films for use in agriculture and horticulture – Requirements...
Regulations
Law no. 2020-105 of February 10, 2020 on the fight against waste and the circular economy. 2020.
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