Sentences with phrase «microbeads enter»

It estimated that up to 19 tons of plastic microbeads enter the state's waters.

Once microbeads enter the environment there is no known way to remove them.

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«Conservatively, we can identify at least 56,000 tonnes of plastic entering our environment every year, [including] beverage litter, tyre dust, synthetic fibres, production waste, microbeads and plastic bags,» Boomerang Alliance national policy director Dave West said.

We can all do our part and I hope that this ban in Erie County will go a long way in reducing microbeads from entering our waterways.