Table 1.1 Summary of polymers found in different freshwater locations
Country
Location
Composition
References
China
Shanghai
PP, PE, rayon, cotton+viscose, phenoxy resin, poly
(vinyl stearate)
Peng et al.
(2018)
China
Three
Gorges
Reservoir
PE, PP, PS
Di and Wang
(2018)
China
Beijing
River
PE, PP, copolymer, paint particle
Wang et al.
(2017a)
China
Taihu Lake
CP, PET, PE, PA, PP
Su et al. (2016)
China
Hanjiang
River
PA, PE, PET, PP, PS
Wang et al.
(2017b)
China
Yangtze
River
PA, PE, PET, PP, PS
Wang et al.
(2017b)
China
Sha Lake
PA, PE, PET, PP, PS
Wang et al.
(2017b)
China
Nantaizi
Lake
PA, PE, PET, PP, PS
Wang et al.
(2017b)
China
Nan Lake
PA, PE, PET, PP, PS
Wang et al.
(2017b)
China
Siling, Tibet PE, PET, PP, PS, PVC
Zhang et al.
(2016)
India
Vembanad
Lake
HDPE, LDPE, PS, PP
Sruthy and
Ramasamy
(2017)
UK
River
Thames
basin
PP, PES, PET, PS, PE
Horton et al.
(2017a, b)
UK
Itchen River PE, PP, CP
Gallagher et al.
(2016)
UK
Hamble
River
PE, PP, CP
Gallagher et al.
(2016)
Italy
Lake
Bolsena
PE, PP, PET, PVC
Fischer et al.
(2016)
Italy
Lake Chiusi PE, PP, PET, PVC
Fischer et al.
(2016)
Italy
Lake Garda PA, PE, PP, PS, PVC
Imhof et al.
(2013)
Sweden
Lysekil
PE, PP
Magnusson
and Noren
(2014)
Germany Rhine
PA, PE, PP, PS, PVC
Mani et al.
(2015)
Canada
Ontario
Lake
PE, PS, PUR, PP, PVC, PET, PMMA, polyvinyl
acetate, PMMA-PS, ABS, nylon, phenoxy or epoxy
resin, polymethylsiloxane
Ballent et al.
(2016)
Canada
St. Lawrence River
PE, PP, nitrocellulose
Castañeda et al.
(2014)
ABS acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, CP cyclopentadienyl complex, HDPE high-density polyethylene, LDPE low-density polyethylene, PA polyamide, PE polyethylene, PET polyethylene terephthalate, PMMA polymethyl methacrylate, PP polypropylene, PS polystyrene, PSS poly
(styrenesulfonate), PUR polyurethane, PVC polyvinyl chloride