**DOI**: Digital Object Identifier of the paper to which it refers **Type**: Refers to the type of polymer(s) being studied, where '/' means 'also this' and ''various' several were actually measured (from now on also for other columns) **Soil**: Refers to the name of soil being used in the study **Biota**: The living organisms present in the environment being studied, such as plants, animals, or microorganisms **Co-contaminants**: Additional contaminants present in the study along with the primary polymer(s) being investigated **Days**: The (maximum) duration of the experiment measured in days **Max Degrad./%**: Maximum degradation percentage, indicating the highest percentage of the studied polymer that was degraded during the experiment under aerobic conditions ('*' indicates anaerobic conditions) **pH**: The average measure of the pH of the environment in which the experiment is conducted **Microplastics**: Refers to the study of microplastics, where '1' means detected and '2' studied in detail **Temp**: Temperature (average) at which the experiment was conducted, measured in degrees Celsius **Coordinates**: Geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude accurate to the seconds) indicating the location of the study site or sampling location

Scientific articles on the topic of 'Plastics and Soil' retrieved from WoS (Clarivate) and Scopus (Elsevier) from 2019 onwards, with duplicates removed