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The IMPASSE project “Impacts of MicroPlastics in AgroSystems and Stream Environments” is financially supported by JPI Water/FORMAS. Since 2016 we in the project at SLU have been working with colleagues in Canada, Spain, Norway and Germany to build a better understanding of the risks associated with micro plastics in agricultural soils. One of the key project findings has been that most micro plastics in sludge applied to soils appear to be lost from the system. Their eventual fate is currently unknown, but they may runoff to lakes and rivers, or percolate to groundwater.
In the project, we have also interviewed relevant Swedish experts in government, the wastewater treatment sector, research organizations and NGOs in order to better understand both current knowledge and perspectives on micro plastics in sludge applied to agricultural land.