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[-] erlend_sh@lemmy.world 20 points 3 hours ago

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…

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 hour ago

plastic film used as mulch in agriculture

Wtf. Where and why?!

[-] SuperCub@sh.itjust.works 3 points 32 minutes ago* (last edited 30 minutes ago)

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.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 49 minutes ago* (last edited 48 minutes ago)

Like, everywhere?

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago

Yep

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