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New Biodegradable Plastic Invention Leaves No Microplastics Behind
Researchers have recently developed a biodegradable plastic that contains no microplastics. It is still durable and can be fully recycled.
Plastic Pollution
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Articles about Plastic Pollution
15 published items.
Oceanography
Microplastics detected in breath of wild dolphins for first time: Warning of widespread plastic pollution!
All 11 dolphins in the study had at least one type of microplastic present in their breath samples.
Environment
Tobacco waste - the most common source of plastic pollution in the world
The most common source of plastic pollution in our environment is not plastic bottles, plastic bags or food wrappers but tobacco waste.
Oceanography
Marine fish grow slowly because of plastic pollution and global warming
Scientists at the University of Sydney found that fish exposed to the industrial chemical BPA in warm waters often need more food to grow and reach a certain size.
Environment
Rains pour 1,000 tons of plastic into the United States each year
Every year, the equivalent of 300 million micro-bottles of rainfall falls to national parks and wilderness areas in the western United States.
Environment
Plastic pollution on the highest mountain in Wales
The alarming number of microscopic particles found in a lake on the top of Snowdon is a warning to environmental pollution.
Life
How much plastic do we eat every day, every month and all our life?
If the average life expectancy of a human being is 79, in life one can consume up to 20 kg of plastic. This volume is larger than the total volume of the two bins on the…
Environment
Plastic pollution kills half a million snails
Over half a million borrowed souls died after being trapped in plastic debris on two remote archipelagos, causing scientists to fear that death could be part of a global…
Environment
There is an entirely new form of pollution in plastic and it is causing a headache for the scientific community
A form of pollution is making the scientific community extremely attentive. The cause is once again coming from plastic.
Discover science
Earth is gradually being destroyed by human negligence
At this rate, the Earth will soon be annihilated before we find a planet that can harbor us.
Animal world
80% of fish in the Amazon River have plastic in the stomach
Plastic pollution in Amazon is alarming when scientists find worrying evidence.
Environment
Plastic pipes will soon be extinct in the world?
Worldwide, plastic straws are the sixth most popular type of waste, according to Litterati.
Environment
Most of the world's water is polluted by micro-plastic
Time Magazine on September 6 said that recent research by Orb Media, a global environmental organization, shows 83% of the world's water samples contain micro-plastic fi…
Environment
269,000 tons of contaminated plastic floated on the ocean
A recent study found that nearly 269,000 tons of contaminated plastics are floating in the world's oceans, 10 times more serious than previously estimated.
Medicine - Health
Alarm micro plastic beads in beer
This is a particle with a diameter of less than 5 micrometers, broken down from larger pieces of plastic waste and it takes several hundred to several thousand years to…