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Analysis on microplastics in dug wells around Tamangapa Landfills, Makassar City, Indonesia
Muh Fajaruddin Natsir1, Makmur Selomo1, Erniwati Ibrahim1
1Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Public Health, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia.
Objective:
This study aims to determine the microplastics abundance of dug wells around Tamangapa Landfills in Makassar area.
Method:
The research method used is quantitative research with a descriptive. The number of samples is 8 dug wells with the criteria of 4 dug wells that are <500m from landfills and 4 dug wells that are 500m-1km from landfills.
Results:
The most common forms of microplastics were fiber (72%) and fragments (28%). The microplastic sizes found ranged from 0.069mm to 4.459mm with the largest size being smaller than 2mm (86%). The most microplastics color found was blue (53.6%). The lowest amount of microplastics content was 0.25particles/L and the highest was 0.95particles/L.
Conclusions:
This study found that the eight samples dug wells around Tamangapa landfills area were positive for microplastics and there was no relationship between the landfill distance and the dug wells on their microplastic abundance.
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