Not exact matches
They occur
as intermediate products in
plastic production or
as pellets for cleansing and care products or result from fragmentation of
plastic debris.
These
pellets — the raw material for
plastic products — accumulate oily contaminants such as PCBs on their surfaces (SN: 2/3/01, p. 79: Available to subscribers at Plastic debris picks up ocean t
plastic products — accumulate oily contaminants such
as PCBs on their surfaces (SN: 2/3/01, p. 79: Available to subscribers at
Plastic debris picks up ocean t
Plastic debris picks up ocean toxics).
«Industrial activities such
as commercial fishing, use of
plastic abrasives, and spillage of
plastic pellets are probably the main source for
plastic ending up in the ocean.
PPPL used salt grain - sized
plastic pellets as proxies for lithium granules in testing the system for DIII - D.
Explorations in the South Atlantic near Cape Town, South Africa, in 1980 discovered pre-production
plastic pellets and balls of tar known
as «plasto - tarballs,» reportedly from the flushing of oil tankers into the sea.