Systems for nanoplastics detection and method of using the same

A method of detecting nanoplastics in water, the method comprising:

• providing a 0.45 μm syringe and a 0.45 μm syringe filter, collecting a water sample from the water, wherein the water is wastewater,
• filtering the water sample with the 0.45 μm syringe and the 0.45 μm syringe filter to remove debris from the water sample to form a filtered water sample,
• adding a lipophilic fluorescent dye to the filtered water sample to form a mixture,
• incubating the mixture for an incubation time period at a predetermined temperature, wherein the incubation time period is less than 20 minutes, and
• measuring a nanoplastics concentration in the mixture using a measurement device at a predetermined wavelength.