Learn more about the state of microplastics in the world, including how many fragments are currently in our oceans and how much plastic enters the environment each year.
Read MoreWhen you think of items breaking down in the environment, you might picture food waste or plant material slowly decomposing into its component parts and providing food for bugs, worms, and bacteria. Plastic in the environment doesn’t react like that. Current scientific research indicates that plastic will never fully decompose; instead, plastic will keep breaking down into smaller and smaller pieces called microplastics.
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