7,000 Microplastics Studies Show We Have One Really Big Problem
7,000 Microplastics Studies Show We Have One Really Big Problem
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Studies have identified some of the main sources of microplastics as:
- plastic-coated fertilisers
- plastic film used as mulch in agriculture
WTF?
- plastics recycling.
Uuuuh…
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- plastic film used as mulch in agriculture
Wtf. Where and why?!
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It's the black plastic bag material that people used to cover their soil and poke holes through for their crops.
I never thought it was called plastic mulch though.
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It serves the same purpose as actual mulch, which is blocking out weeds
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Yes, but mulch has the meaning of ground up wood, so I think most people would think it was ground up plastics.
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If it was ground up plastic it would probably just get carried off by the wind.
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Or plastic greenhouses
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Like, everywhere?
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=plastic+film+used+as+mulch+in+agriculture
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Plastic was never meant to be recycled.
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So, what you're telling us is, they've been lying for decades?
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Yup passing on the responsibility from the manufacturer to the consumer
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Yep
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Other great source of plastics are synthetic fabrics. It releases a lot of micro particles in the water during washing and drying cycles.
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Have you seen the process used in plastic recycling? The plastic is literally triturated into tiny bits before being heated up for the next stages.
Edit: why the downvotes? I'm just trying to give some context on why plastic recycling is a great source of microplastics
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