Plastic in Agricultural Production: Impacts, Lifecycles and LONg-term Sustainability

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A total of 5 practice abstracts covering relevant deliverables from tasks associated with WP1-4.

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Description of strategy and action for Knowledge, innovation and Risk management plan.

Practice Abstracts 1

A total of 2 practice abstracts submitted to EIP-Agri covering relevant deliverables from WP1-4.

Report on Knowledge Hub development and stakeholder engagement plan

Release of report on building and maintaining the Knowledge Hub on plastic pollution in agricultural soils with the interested parties.

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Final version of data management plan

Publications

Multigenerational toxicity of microplastics derived from two types of agricultural mulching films to Folsomia candida

Author(s): Sam van Loon, Lotte de Jeu, Rachel Hurley, Sarmite Kernchen, Marlon Fenner, Cornelis A.M. van Gestel
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 949, 2025, Page(s) 175097, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175097

Microplastics originated from agricultural mulching films affect enchytraeid multigeneration reproduction and soil properties

Author(s): Klára Šmídová, Salla Selonen, Cornelis A.M. van Gestel, Petr Fleissig, Jakub Hofman
Published in: Journal of Hazardous Materials, Issue 479, 2024, Page(s) 135592, ISSN 0304-3894
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135592

Plastic waste management in agriculture through a GIS-based territory design approach

Author(s): Fabiana Convertino, Giuliano Vox, Ileana Blanco, Ali Hachem, Evelia Schettini
Published in: Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Issue 217, 2025, Page(s) 108210, ISSN 0921-3449
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2025.108210

Prospective Scenarios for Addressing the Agricultural Plastic Waste Issue: Results of a Territorial Analysis

Author(s): Ali Hachem, Giuliano Vox, Fabiana Convertino
Published in: Applied Sciences, Issue 13, 2024, Page(s) 612, ISSN 2076-3417
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app13010612

Effects of biodegradable microplastics on soil microbial communities and activities: Insight from an ecological mesocosm experiment

Author(s): Shin Woong Kim, Klára Šmídová, Sam van Loon, Cornelis A.M. van Gestel, Matthias C. Rillig, Hannu Fritze, Sannakajsa Velmala
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 975, 2025, Page(s) 179288, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179288

Quantitative tracking of nanoplastics along the food chain from lettuce (Lactuca sativa) to snails (Cantareus aspersus)

Author(s): Laura J. Zantis, Maria Kazour, Caterina Borchi, Rebecca Agati, Romain Colpaert, Frédéric Gimbert, Martina G. Vijver, Willie Peijnenburg, Thijs Bosker
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 955, 2025, Page(s) 176848, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176848

Toxicity of Aged Paint Particles to Soil Ecosystems: Insights from <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i>

Author(s): Shin Woong Kim, Woo-Young Song, Walter R. Waldman, Matthias C. Rillig, Tae-Young Kim
Published in: Environmental Science & Technology, Issue 58, 2024, Page(s) 231-241, ISSN 0013-936X
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c07160

Strategy towards producing relevant and reliable data for the hazard assessment of micro- and nanoplastics in agricultural soils

Author(s): Anita Jemec Kokalj, Gabriela Kalčíková, Salla Selonen, Thijs Bosker, Damjana Drobne, Darina Dvořáková, Jakub Hofman, Rachel Hurley, Sarmite Kernchen, Christian Laforsch, Martin G.J. Löder, Sam van Loon, Paula E. Redondo-Hasselerharm, Vili Saartama, Klára Šmídová, Aristeidis S. Tsagkaris, Laura J. Zantis, Luca Nizzetto, Cornelis A.M. van Gestel
Published in: TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, Issue 172, 2024, Page(s) 117567, ISSN 0165-9936
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2024.117567

Global soil microplastic assessment in different land-use systems is largely determined by the method of analysis: A meta-analysis

Author(s): Olivia Wrigley, Melanie Braun, Wulf Amelung
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 957, 2025, Page(s) 177226, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177226

Weathering of plastics in terrestrial environments

Author(s): Max Groß, Matthias Mail, Rafaela Debastiani, Torsten Scherer, Melanie Braun
Published in: TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, Issue 190, 2025, Page(s) 118281, ISSN 0165-9936
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2025.118281

Survival and reproduction effects of microplastics from three agricultural mulching films on Folsomia candida, Sinella curviseta, Heteromurus nitidus and Ceratophysella denticulata (Collembola)

Author(s): Sam van Loon, Rachel Hurley, Sarmite Kernchen, Lotte de Jeu, Cas Hulscher, Cornelis A.M. van Gestel
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 958, 2025, Page(s) 178137, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.178137

Response of terrestrial crustacean Porcellio scaber and mealworm Tenebrio molitor to non-degradable and biodegradable fossil-based mulching film microplastics

Author(s): Anita Jemec Kokalj, Andraž Dolar, Ana Nagode, Damjana Drobne, Aleksandra Kuljanin, Gabriela Kalčíková
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 951, 2024, Page(s) 175379, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175379

Agricultural plastics as a potential threat to food security, health, and environment through soil pollution by microplastics: Problem definition

Author(s): Demetres Briassoulis
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 892, 2023, Page(s) 164533, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164533

Understanding the Effects of Adding Metal Oxides to Polylactic Acid and Polylactic Acid Blends on Mechanical and Rheological Behaviour, Wettability, and Photo-Oxidation Resistance

Author(s): Elisabetta Morici, Giuseppe Pecoraro, Sabrina Carola Carroccio, Elena Bruno, Paola Scarfato, Giovanni Filippone, Nadka Tz. Dintcheva
Published in: Polymers, Issue 16, 2025, Page(s) 922, ISSN 2073-4360
Publisher: MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/polym16070922

Microplastic fibres affect soil fungal communities depending on drought conditions with consequences for ecosystem functions

Author(s): Y. M. Lozano, J. F. Dueñas, C. Zordick, M. C. Rillig
Published in: Environmental Microbiology, Issue 26, 2024, ISSN 1462-2912
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16549

Delivery rate alters the effects of tire wear particles on soil microbial activities

Author(s): Yanjie Zhu, Shin Woong Kim, Huiying Li, Matthias C. Rillig
Published in: Environmental Sciences Europe, Issue 36, 2024, ISSN 2190-4715
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1186/s12302-024-00918-5

Nano- and microplastics commonly cause adverse impacts on plants at environmentally relevant levels: A systematic review

Author(s): Laura J. Zantis, Caterina Borchi, Martina G. Vijver, Willie Peijnenburg, Sara Di Lonardo, Thijs Bosker
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 867, 2023, Page(s) 161211, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161211

Polystyrene nanoparticles induce concerted response of plant defense mechanisms in plant cells

Author(s): Sylwia Adamczyk, Joanna Chojak-Koźniewska, Sylwia Oleszczuk, Krzysztof Michalski, Sannakajsa Velmala, Laura J. Zantis, Thijs Bosker, Janusz Zimny, Bartosz Adamczyk, Slawomir Sowa
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 13, 2024, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-50104-5

Toxicity of Aged Paint Particles to Soil Ecosystems: Insights from <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i>

Photoaging of polystyrene-based microplastics amplifies inflammatory response in macrophages

Author(s): Noemi Aloi, Anna Calarco, Giusy Curcuruto, Marilena Di Natale, Giuseppa Augello, Sabrina Carola Carroccio, Pierfrancesco Cerruti, Melchiorre Cervello, Angela Cuttitta, Paolo Colombo, Valeria Longo
Published in: Chemosphere, Issue 364, 2025, Page(s) 143131, ISSN 0045-6535
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143131

The soil plastisphere

Author(s): Matthias C. Rillig, Shin Woong Kim, Yong-Guan Zhu
Published in: Nature Reviews Microbiology, Issue 22, 2024, Page(s) 64-74, ISSN 1740-1526
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41579-023-00967-2

Effects of agricultural microplastics in multigenerational tests with insects; mealworms Tenebrio molitor

Author(s): Anita Jemec Kokalj, Ana Nagode, Damjana Drobne, Andraž Dolar
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 946, 2025, Page(s) 174490, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174490

Understanding the soil plastisphere and its environmental impacts

Author(s): Matthias C. Rillig, Changchao Li, Ling N. Jin, Shin Woong Kim
Published in: One Earth, Issue 7, 2025, Page(s) 2095-2098, ISSN 2590-3322
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2024.11.004

Response of the terrestrial isopod Porcellio scaber to lipopolysaccharide challenge after microplastic and insecticide exposure

Author(s): Andraž Dolar, Tina Petrišič, Damjana Drobne, Anita Jemec Kokalj
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 925, 2025, Page(s) 171698, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171698

The fate of post-use biodegradable PBAT-based mulch films buried in agricultural soil

Author(s): Fabiana Convertino, Sabrina Carola Carroccio, Maria Cristina Cocca, Sandro Dattilo, Anna Chiara Dell'Acqua, Luca Gargiulo, Luca Nizzetto, Paolo Maria Riccobene, Evelia Schettini, Giuliano Vox, Domenico Zannini, Pierfrancesco Cerruti
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 948, 2025, Page(s) 174697, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174697

Recent advances in bio-based functional additives for polymers

Author(s): Valentina Marturano, Angela Marotta, Sarai Agustin Salazar, Veronica Ambrogi, Pierfrancesco Cerruti
Published in: Progress in Materials Science, Issue 139, 2023, Page(s) 101186, ISSN 0079-6425
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2023.101186

Addressing the environmental sustainability of plastics used in agriculture: a multi-actor perspective

Author(s): Valentina E. Tartiu, Rachel Hurley, Cecilie Baann, Demetres Briassoulis, Evelia Schettini, Fabiana Convertino, Bernard Le Moine, Adalgisa Martinelli, Luc Vernet, Sissel B. Ranneklev, Violette Geissen, Esperanza Huerta Lwanga, Nicolas Beriot, Defu He, Richard H. Thompson, Giulia Carcasci, Luca Nizzetto
Published in: Cambridge Prisms: Plastics, Issue 3, 2025, ISSN 2755-094X
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
DOI: 10.1017/plc.2024.34

Effect of particle size on the transport of polystyrene micro- and nanoplastic particles through quartz sand under unsaturated conditions

Author(s): Cynthia Rieckhof, Virtudes Martínez-Hernández, Ekkehard Holzbecher, Raffaella Meffe
Published in: Environmental Pollution, Issue 363, 2024, Page(s) 125193, ISSN 0269-7491
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.125193

Species-dependent responses of crop plants to polystyrene microplastics

Author(s): Laura J. Zantis, Annebelle Rombach, Sylwia Adamczyk, Sannakajsa M. Velmala, Bartosz Adamczyk, Martina G. Vijver, Willie Peijnenburg, Thijs Bosker
Published in: Environmental Pollution, Issue 335, 2023, Page(s) 122243, ISSN 0269-7491
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122243

GIS mapping of agricultural plastic waste in southern Europe

Author(s): Ali Hachem, Fabiana Convertino, Teresa Batista, Fátima Baptista, Demetres Briassoulis, Diego Luis Valera Martínez, María Ángeles Moreno Teruel, Luca Nizzetto, Nikoleta-Georgia Papardaki, Giuseppe Ruggiero, Giuliano Vox, Evelia Schettini
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 946, 2025, Page(s) 174491, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174491

Microplastic aging processes: Environmental relevance and analytical implications

Author(s): Gilberto Binda, Gabriela Kalčíková, Ian John Allan, Rachel Hurley, Elisabeth Rødland, Davide Spanu, Luca Nizzetto
Published in: TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, Issue 172, 2024, Page(s) 117566, ISSN 0165-9936
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2024.117566

Photo- and Water-Degradation Phenomena of ZnO Bio-Blend Based on Poly(lactic acid) and Polyamide 11

Author(s): Roberta Puglisi, Andrea Antonino Scamporrino, Nadka Tzankova Dintcheva, Giovanni Filippone, Elena Bruno, Paola Scarfato, Pierfrancesco Cerruti, Sabrina Carola Carroccio
Published in: Polymers, Issue 15, 2023, Page(s) 1434, ISSN 2073-4360
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym15061434

Implementing a GIS-Based Digital Atlas of Agricultural Plastics to Reduce Their Environmental Footprint; Part I: A Deductive Approach

Author(s): Giuseppe Cillis; Dina Statuto; Evelia Schettini; Giuliano Vox; Pietro Picuno
Published in: Applied Sciences, Issue Volume 12, Issue 3, 2022, Page(s) 1330, ISSN 2076-3417
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app12031330

Production and characterisation of environmentally relevant microplastic test materials derived from agricultural plastics

Author(s): Rachel Hurley, Gilberto Binda, Demetres Briassoulis, Sabrina Carola Carroccio, Pierfrancesco Cerruti, Fabiana Convertino, Darina Dvořáková, Sarmite Kernchen, Christian Laforsch, Martin G.L. Löder, Jana Pulkrabova, Evelia Schettini, Davide Spanu, Aristeidis S. Tsagkaris, Giuliano Vox, Luca Nizzetto
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 946, 2025, Page(s) 174325, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174325

Biodegradable microplastics induce profound changes in lettuce (Lactuca sativa) defense mechanisms and to some extent deteriorate growth traits

Author(s): Sylwia Adamczyk, Laura J. Zantis, Sam van Loon, Cornelis A.M. van Gestel, Thijs Bosker, Rachel Hurley, Luca Nizzetto, Bartosz Adamczyk, Sannakajsa Velmala
Published in: Environmental Pollution, Issue 363, 2024, Page(s) 125307, ISSN 0269-7491
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.125307

Soil Storage Conditions Alter the Effects of Tire Wear Particles on Microbial Activities in Laboratory Tests

Author(s): Shin Woong Kim, Yaqi Xu, Peter Meidl, Mohan Bi, Yanjie Zhu, Matthias C. Rillig
Published in: Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2022, ISSN 2328-8930
Publisher: ACS Pulibcations
DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.2c00585

Reproduction, growth and oxidative stress in earthworm Eisenia andrei exposed to conventional and biodegradable mulching film microplastics

Author(s): Venla Forsell, Vili Saartama, Raisa Turja, Jari Haimi, Salla Selonen
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 948, 2025, Page(s) 174667, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174667

The soil plastisphere

Implementing a GIS-Based Digital Atlas of Agricultural Plastics to Reduce Their Environmental Footprint: Part II, an Inductive Approach

Author(s): Giuseppe Cillis; Dina Statuto; Evelia Schettini; Giuliano Vox; Pietro Picuno
Published in: Applied Sciences, Issue Volume 12, Issue 15, 2022, Page(s) 7545, ISSN 2076-3417
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app12157545

Novel strategies for the determination of plastic additives derived from agricultural plastics in soil using ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS)

Author(s): Darina Dvorakova, Aristeidis S. Tsagkaris, Jana Pulkrabova
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 946, 2025, Page(s) 174492, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174492

Fast and reliable method to estimate global DNA methylation in plants and fungi with high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC)-ultraviolet detection and even more sensitive one with HPLC-mass spectrometry

Author(s): Sylwia Adamczyk, Joanna Chojak-Koźniewska, Anna Poimala, Sannakajsa Velmala, Bartosz Adamczyk
Published in: Journal of Biotechnology, Issue 374, 2023, Page(s) 1-4, ISSN 0168-1656
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2023.07.008

Number and dissimilarity of global change factors influences soil properties and functions

Author(s): Mohan Bi, Huiying Li, Peter Meidl, Yanjie Zhu, Masahiro Ryo, Matthias C. Rillig
Published in: Nature Communications, Issue 15, 2024, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52511-2

Green3: A green extraction of green additives for green plastics

Author(s): Vera Muccilli, Anna E. Maccarronello, Carolle Rasoanandrasana, Nunzio Cardullo, Martina S. de Luna, Maria G.G. Pittalà, Paolo M. Riccobene, Sabrina C. Carroccio, Andrea A. Scamporrino
Published in: Heliyon, Issue 10, 2024, Page(s) e24469, ISSN 2405-8440
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24469

Comparing the impact of microplastics derived from a biodegradable and a conventional plastic mulch on plant performance

Author(s): Laura J. Zantis, Sylwia Adamczyk, Sannakajsa M. Velmala, Bartosz Adamczyk, Martina G. Vijver, Willie Peijnenburg, Thijs Bosker
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 935, 2024, Page(s) 173265, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173265

Toward sustainable irrigation practices safeguarding groundwater biodiversity and ecosystem services

Author(s): Cene Fišer, Maja Zagmajster, Anita Jemec Kokalj, Nina Mali, Tanja Šumrada, Matjaž Glavan, Grant C Hose, Benjamin Schwartz, Tiziana Di Lorenzo, Christian Griebler, Rozalija Cvejić
Published in: BioScience, 2025, ISSN 0006-3568
Publisher: American Institute of Biological Sciences
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biaf016

Understanding the soil plastisphere and its environmental impacts

The measurement of food safety and security risks associated with micro- and nanoplastic pollution

Author(s): Joost L.D. Nelis, Veronika J. Schacht, Amanda L. Dawson, Utpal Bose, Aristeidis S. Tsagkaris, Darina Dvorakova, David J. Beale, Ali Can, Christopher T. Elliott, Kevin V. Thomas, James A. Broadbent
Published in: TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, Issue 161, 2023, Page(s) 116993, ISSN 0165-9936
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2023.116993

Understanding the Effects of Adding Metal Oxides to Bioplastic and Bioplastic Blends on the Mechanical and Rheological Behaviour, Wettability, and Photo-Oxidation Resistance

Author(s): Elisabetta Morici, Giuseppe Pecoraro, Sabrina Carola Carroccio, Elena Bruno, Paola Scarfato, Giovanni Filippone, Nadka Tz. Dintcheva
Published in: MDPI, 2024, ISSN 2310-287X
Publisher: MDPI
DOI: 10.20944/preprints202403.0344.v1

Mapping and Disposal of Irrigation Pipes for a Sustainable Management of Agricultural Plastic Waste

Author(s): Ileana Blanco, Giuliano Vox, Fabiana Convertino, Evelia Schettini
Published in: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, AIIA 2022: Biosystems Engineering Towards the Green Deal, 2023, Page(s) 1065-1073
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-30329-6_110

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