Microplastics (MPs) and SARS-CoV-2 interact due to their widespread presence in our environment and affect the virus' behaviour indoors and outdoors. Therefore, it is necessary to study the interaction between MPs and SARS-CoV-2. The environmental damage caused by MPs is increasing globally. Emerging pollutants may adversely affect organisms, especially sewage, posing a threat to human health, animal health, and the ecological system. A significant concern with MPs in the air is that they are a vital component of MPs in the other environmental compartments, such as water and soil, which may affect human health through ingesting or inhaling. This work introduces the fundamental knowledge of various methods in advanced water treatment, including membrane bioreactors, advanced oxidation processes, adsorption, etc., are highly effective in removing MPs; they can still serve as an entrance route due to their constantly being discharged into aquatic environments. Following that, an analysis of each process for MPs' removal and mitigation or prevention of SARS-CoV-2 contamination is discussed. Next, an airborne microplastic has been reported in urban areas, raising health concerns since aerosols are considered a possible route of SARS-CoV-2 disease transmission and bind to airborne MP surfaces. The MPs can be removed from wastewater through conventional treatment processes with physical processes such as screening, grit chambers, and pre-sedimentation.

Center for Emerging Contaminants Research National Sun Yat Sen University Kaohsiung 804 Taiwan

Department of Chemical Engineering College of Engineering King Khalid University 61411 Abha Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Department of Chemical Engineering University of Science and Technology of Mazandaran P O Box 48518 78195 Behshahr Iran

Faculty of Applied Sciences University of Jayewardenepura Nugegoda Sri Lanka

Faculty of Science and Technology School of Applied Physics University Kebangsaan Malaysia 43600 Bangi Selangor Malaysia

Institute of Environmental Engineering National Sun Yat Sen University Kaohsiung 804 Taiwan

Research Laboratory of Processes Energetics Environment and Electrical Systems National School of Engineers Gabes University 6072 Gabes Tunisia

School of Chemical Engineering Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 450001 China

Sustainable Process Integration Laboratory SPIL NETME Centre Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Brno University of Technology VUT Brno Technická 2896 2 616 00 Brno Czech Republic

Tecnologico de Monterrey Escuela de Ingenieríay Ciencias Puebla Mexico

The International University of Management Centre for Environmental Studies Main Campus Dorado Park Ext 1 Windhoek Namibia

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