The accelerating pace of scientific and technological innovation has fundamentally reshaped the environmental landscape. While these advances have enabled novel solutions for pollution control and resource management, they have also revealed previously undetectable contaminants and introduced new complexities. Emerging pollutants, such as microplastics, are not confined to a single environmental compartment; on the contrary, they migrate in the air, water and soil, forming interrelated processes. These changes challenge traditional pollution control strategies that focus on isolated media, often lacking the comprehensive perspective required to address systemic environmental risks.
The Clean Planet journal was born in response. Beyond addressing complex challenges in water, soil, and air, we particularly welcome research on multi-medium environmental processes, interfacial mechanisms, and interdisciplinary solutions, striving to transcend the limitations of isolated problems. Our goal is to bridge science, policy, and practice, ensuring research outcomes deliver tangible impacts and support global sustainable development.
Our Commitment to the SDGs
We aim to bridge science, policy, and practice, ensuring research outcomes contribute to tangible progress toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, including:
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SDG6: Clean Water and Sanitation
Clean Planet welcomes research on water treatment technologies, pollution control, and integrated water resource management—solutions that can help achieve universal access to clean water. -
SDG13: Climate Action
Our journal prioritizes studies on climate resilience, carbon-reduction strategies, and innovative technologies that mitigate environmental impacts. By publishing actionable research, we aim to empower communities and policymakers to take informed climate action.
Beyond these, our scope also covers SDG7 (Affordable & Clean Energy), SDG12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), and SDG15 (Life on Land), reflecting our commitment to holistic environmental sustainability.
We invite researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to join us in this mission. Together, we can transform knowledge into solutions that make a measurable difference.
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This journal provides a platform for the dissemination of high-quality research and advancements in the field of pollution formation mechanisms and pollution’s impact on the environment, human health, and sustainability.
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Micro- and Nanoplastics and Contaminants of Emerging Concern: From Environmental Fate to Sustainable Solutions
This collection focuses on the occurrence, transformation, and fate of microplastics, nanoplastics, PFAS, and contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in freshwater, estuarine, and marine environments. It aims to improve understanding of their environmental behaviour and associated risks within integrated chemical–toxicological frameworks.
This Collection is part of several Collection series, in collaboration with npj Clean Water and npj Emerging Contaminants.
Here are the participating Collections across these Collection series:
- Micro- and Nanoplastics and Contaminants of Emerging Concern: From Environmental Fate to Sustainable Solutions
- Reducing Uncertainty in the Environmental Fate and Behavior of Plastics
- PFAS in the Context of Planetary Health: Fate, Exposure, and Risks
- Advanced Sensing and Data-Driven Approaches for Water Quality Monitoring
Submissions are encouraged across environmental chemistry, toxicology, and environmental engineering, with emphasis on approaches that connect exposure characterization with ecological and human health effects. The collection particularly welcomes studies that advance analytical capability, mechanistic understanding, and mitigation strategies for contaminant mixtures in aquatic ecosystems.
Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary contributions linking environmental exposure, risk assessment, and sustainable management strategies are particularly encouraged.
This collection supports and amplify research related to Sustainable Development Goals: SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being), SDG 14 (Life Below Water), and SDG 15 (Life on Land).
Topics of Interest
Contaminants and Environmental Processes
- Occurrence, distribution, and environmental fate of MPs, NPs, PFAS, and CECs.
- Transformation processes and formation of degradation products in aquatic environments
- Wastewater, urban, agricultural, and industrial pathways of contamination
Monitoring, Analysis and AI-assisted data interpretation
- Advanced analytical methodologies including high-resolution and non-target/suspect screening
- Standardised and comparable workflows for MPs and NPs, including validated protocols, reference materials, QA/QC criteria, contamination control, and harmonised reporting
- Artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted data interpretation and data-science tools for environmental assessment
- Innovative monitoring and modelling approaches for aquatic pollution dynamics
Exposure, Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment
- Exposome-based approaches linking environmental contamination to ecological and human health effects
- Ecotoxicological impacts and mechanistic understanding of contaminant effects
- Interactions among contaminants and microbial communities
- Mixture effects and cumulative risk assessment of complex contaminant mixtures
- Environmental risk assessment and policy-relevant mitigation approaches
Sustainable Mitigation and Remediation Strategies
- Nature-based solutions (NBS) and engineered remediation technologies for contaminant removal
- Sustainable materials, circular-economy approaches, and pollution prevention strategies
- Policy-relevant mitigation and management approaches
Publishing Model: Open Access
Deadline: Mar 16, 2027
