Sentences with phrase «microplastics which»

Those pieces of plastic in our local waterways break down into microplastics which can then be eaten or swallowed by sea life and fish.

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Marcario asks about microfibers, which come from recycled poly, and how they fit into the larger problem of microplastics, particularly the small beads in soaps.

Most of this plastic disintegrates into particles smaller than five millimetres, referred to as microplastics, and breaks down further into nanoparticles, which are less than 0.1 micrometre in size.

A variety of microplastics collected from composted waste in Germany included polyethylene spheres (A), which are used in paints and coatings; PVC fragments (B), used widely in construction materials, electronics and vehicles; bits of polyethylene (C and D), which is found in bags, containers and bottles; polyester fibers (E); and polypropylene (F), used in bags, packaging and textiles.

On 7 December, Uppsala University in Sweden released a long - awaited report by its Board for Investigation of Misconduct in Research, which investigated a high - profile paper about the effects of microplastics on fish, published in Science in June 2016.

Plastic debris degrades into ever - smaller pieces, which means that a wider range of organisms can ingest this material, and particles of microplastic are now the most abundant form of solid - waste pollution on our planet.

In this issue, experiments were conducted with sediment dwelling marine worms, showing that chemically inert microplastics of a size similar to sand grains from the beaches in which the worms lived caused physical harm (Wright et al.) whilst Browne et al. showed microplastic can move pollutants and additives to worms, reducing functions linked to health and biodiversity.

Using this method, they estimate a humpback, which is a baleen whale, could ingest more than 300,000 microplastic particles per day.

Microplastics are tiny plastic particles (1ɥm — 5 mm) which originates from degeneration of car tires, domestic goods, industrial processes and from degeneration of surfaces composed of, or coated with, plastics, i.e. artificial grass.

These include those dreaded microplastics, which result in an estimated $ 13 billion a year in losses from damage to marine ecosystems.

These include microplastics, which impose severe degradation to natural capital suffered by animals and their habitats.

Notes that microplastics may also contribute to the transfer in the marine ecosystems of persistent organic pollutants, other persistent, bio-accumulative and toxic substances and other contaminants which are in or adhere to the particles; 7.

Welcomes the initiative by the Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection to produce an assessment report on microplastics, which is scheduled to be launched in November 2014; 13.

Ecosystem and habitat destruction: microplastics on beaches change the physical properties of beaches, such as heat retention and light reflection, which impacts organisms dependent on land temperature.

«The plastic coating [in compostable cups] breaks down into tiny plastic fragments — «microplastics» — which don't actually disappear.

These include microplastics, which result in an estimated $ 13 billion a year in losses from damage to marine ecosystems (not to mention the severe degradation to natural capital suffered by animals and their habitats) and financial losses to fisheries and tourism.