Identification and Analysis of Plastic Microparticles in the Inlet and Outlet of the Wastewater Treatment Plant and Investigation of the Relationship between Different Seasons of the Year with the Amount of Production and Emission of Particles

Table 6

Abundance of different types of microplastics existing in the inlet and outlet streams of the wastewater treatment plant and the removal efficiency (for example in summer).

Particle form	Main inlet of the wastewater treatment plant per m^3 (%)	Outlet of the wastewater treatment plant per m^3 (%)	Removal (%)
Sharp-corner and rounded microparticles	86.27	80.84	96.48
Microfiber	13.73	19.16	94.77