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[–] erlend_sh@lemmy.world 74 points 1 month ago (14 children)

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…

[–] nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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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