Microplastic in the soil is extremely difficult to track (or remove).
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Ocean plastic has made a big splash, but there may be even more microplastic on land. The problem is that we have no idea exactly how much is in Australian soil, where it is, and what it’s doing.
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How to cut down on toxic chemicals found in common household products.
Researchers are finding plastics in fish in freshwater ecosystems.
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Ocean plastic has gained notoriety, but we’re starting to realize that microplastics pollute our freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems too.
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The technology underlying Bitcoin is starting to spread its wings.
Making waves.
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Plastics and microplastics in the marine environment are one of the great cause célèbre of our era. Here’s what we know and don’t know.
Sustainable swimwear shopping means that you don’t have to worry about the sea soaking in plastic from your bathers while you soak in the sun!
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Summer may have come to an official end, but the plastics from your bathers might still be at the beach!
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Plant-based, sustainable plastics may hold many of the answers to our plastic problems.
It’s time to get glam in a green way.
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Every festival in Australia sends countless bits of glitter down the drain (and into the ocean). But you can still shine on – in bio-glitter.
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The science is clear but to improve plastic literacy, we need the arts. Here’s why.
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Microbeads from cosmetics are just a drop in the ocean. Other microplastics are more pervasive and just as dangerous.
Glitter – it gets everywhere.
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Once unleashed, glitter gets everywhere – not just in your house, but into the environment. Time to call a halt to the glitter explosion.
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We should look instead at the successful fight to save the ozone layer.
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Taxing plastic takeaway boxes will help to reduce the massive amount of plastic which is dumped into the oceans.
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Research suggests much drinking water contains plastic microparticles.
Pollution cycle.
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Tiny fibres from washing machines are being eaten by a multitude of marine species.
The researchers found nearly 38 million pieces of plastic rubbish on Henderson Island, in one of the remotest parts of the ocean.
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Plastics pose a major threat to seabirds and other animals, and most don’t ever break down - they just break up. Every piece of petrochemical-derived plastic ever made still exists on the planet.
Microplastics are a major ecological concern causing damage to marine life.
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Microfibres and microplastics are a massive problem for marine life. Once ingested, they
severely affect marine animals ability to eat. There’s also concerns about their toxicity.
Around 94% of litter on South African beaches is made of plastic, of which 77% is packaging.
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Waste plastic affects marine life significantly but better education and recyclable plastics could go a long way in resolving this issue.
Plastic fragments found in dissected fish.
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Dave West from the environmental group Boomerang Alliance told Fairfax that if you’ve got an average seafood diet in Australia, you’re probably ingesting about 11,000 plastic pieces a year. Is that right?
Microplastics sample collected in a plankton net trawl in the North Pacific subtropical gyre from the SSV Robert C Seamans.
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New method tallies microplastics in southern oceans, yielding a total that’s 37 times higher than previous estimates.