Article: More Than Meets the Eye: Contribute to the World’s Largest Microplastics Dat
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Clothes washing linked to ‘pervasive’ plastic pollution in the Arctic | Plastics | The Guardian
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Clothes washing linked to ‘pervasive’ plastic pollution in the Arctic
Polyester fibres that injure marine life were found in sea water across region
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That's super cool considering so many people think it ok to leave their spent cartridges on the ground.
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Yeah, about time. Many companies are working at reducing their reliance on plastics, working on biodegradable replacements for components that would be in our ecosystems for many lifetimes.
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Its nice to see the Guardian take a positive stance toward babies.
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Microplastic fibres affect plants by impacting soil as much as drought | New Scientist
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Microplastic fibres affect plants by impacting soil as much as drought
Plastic waste on a freshly cultivated field in Germany Microplastic fibres may be as damaging to soil ecosystems as drought. Yudi Lozano at the Free University of Berlin and her colleagues suspected that microplastics may affect interactions between soil and water, so they examined the impact on...
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Exploring the impacts of plastics in soil – The effects of polyester textile fibers on soil invertebrates
Polyester fiber is one of the most abundant types of microplastics in the environment. A major proportion of the fibers entering wastewater treatment …
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Wastewater is 'polluting rivers with microplastic' - BBC News
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Wastewater is 'polluting rivers with microplastic'
"Frequent releases" of sewage create microplastic hotspots in UK rivers.
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