Microplastics and pollutants in biosolids have contaminated agricultural soils: An analytical study and a proposal to cease the use of biosolids in farmlands and utilise them in sustainable bricks

•Biosolids add tonnes of microplastics (MPs) and pollutants to farmlands annually.•Approximately 0.5–3% by weight of biosolids applied to farmlands is MPs.•During biosolid treatment, virgin MPs attract heavy metals absorbable by plants.•Degradation of MPs over time creates nanoplastics (NPs) absorba...

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