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The Problem of Microplastics in the Ocean
Having this much microplastic in the ocean can just cannot have untold stresser effects. Microplastics are defined by their size and include anything smaller than five millimeters. They also come from micro fibres, small fibres that come out of our clothes,. When we wash them, some of the fibres break away and are too small to be filtered out at a waste water treatment facility. There are four sources of microplastics. The one ovran thinks of as big stuff that breaks down, and that's what we call fragments. And then the last one is like the silliest one, called nurtles. So ther wer plastic comes from, it basically gets turned from