New research reveals how roads channel microplastics from car tires and brake pads to remote ocean habitats.
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Professor in Forensic and Environmental Science, Staffordshire University
Nurdles are a raw feedstock used to make most of the plastic products we use everyday, but they’re flooding the ocean as “mermaid tears”.
Once unleashed, glitter gets everywhere – not just in your house, but into the environment. Time to call a halt to the glitter explosion.
Taxing plastic takeaway boxes will help to reduce the massive amount of plastic which is dumped into the oceans.
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