The 3rd National Symposium on Environmental Microplastic Pollution and Control was successfully held

 

The Environmental Microplastics Working Group of the Soil Science Society of China was founded November 13–15, 2020. On June 7–9 of 2021, the working group successfully hosted the 3rd National Symposium on Environmental Microplastic Pollution and Control in Qingdao. More than 500 delegates from 167 universities, research institutions, enterprises, and governments attended the symposium. Professor Yongming Luo from the Institute of Soil Science, a division of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Professor Chengjun Sun from the First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, served as the co-chairmen of the academic committee of this symposium. The symposium covered a broad range of research interests in environmental microplastics, which included: investigation and analytical methods, pollution characteristics and source analysis, transformation and surface changes, environmental migration and predictions, microbial ecological effects, bioaccumulation, toxic effects and ecological risks; interaction with pollutants and the health risks; recycling, processing and resource utilization; pollution control, governance and policy-making. The successful convening of the symposium has strongly promoted the research development of environmental microplastics in China.