The invention belongs to the technical field of
solid waste treatment, and particularly relates to a method for separating
microplastics in environmental soil or
sediment based on a combination of flotation and
centrifugation. The method includes the following steps that sampling is conducted, specifically, soil or a
sediment sample is dried and divided into specifications of less than 1 mm, 1-5 mm, and greater than 5 mm; pre-
digestion is conducted, specifically, a
digestion solution is added, and still standing for
digestion is conducted after stirring is conducted; the flotation is conducted, specifically, a flotation solution is added, and still standing is conducted after stirring is conducted; overflowing is conducted, specifically, and the flotation solution is continually accessed to make upper layer liquid overflow;
centrifugation is conducted, specifically, and the overflow liquid is centrifuged at 4000r / min; suction
filtration is conducted, specifically, supernatant is subjected to the suction
filtration; re-digestion is conducted, specifically, a filter membrane is taken out, the digestion solution is added for continual digestion, and then
drying is conducted; and finally, microscopic analysis is performed, and abundance is calculated. According to the method for separating the
microplastics in the environmental soil or the
sediment based on the combination of the flotation and the
centrifugation, the enrichment and concentration abilities are improved, and the disadvantages of tedious operation, unclean separation, and low
recovery rate of a traditional microplastic separation and flotation method are overcome.