Zarrabi, Navid
Strohm, Eric M.
Rezvani, Hadi
Lisondra, Matthew
Yousefi, Nariman
Saeedi, Sajad
Kolios, Michael C.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s (ECCC) Increasing Knowledge on Plastic Pollution Initiative (GCXE21S057)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada’s (SSHRC) New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration program (NFRFE-2022-00746)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC) Discovery Grants program (RGPIN-2020-04659)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC) Discovery Grants (RGPIN-2020-05436)
Article History
Received: 21 November 2025
Accepted: 23 January 2026
First Online: 3 March 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.