Plastic pellets (Polypropylene, PP). Plastic Disaster is an everyday thing: plastic particles from Big Wave Beach, Hong Kong. Captions and Photo source: ©© CheshireCat@TO
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Several months ago, scientists warned that tiny microbeads, a common ingredient in facial cleansers, were flowing into the Great Lakes, with no way to remove the potentially harmful plastic. Now, a new study provides evidence of the microplastics in the world’s largest surface freshwater source, and gives scientists a fighting chance to get microbeads out of consumer products…
Read Full Article, The Huffington Post
Plastic Waste Threatens Lakes As Well As Oceans, BBC News
Pollution with plastic waste is not confined to the oceans but poses a growing threat to lakes as well.
Beat The Micro Bead Campaign ” Get Plastic Off My Face,” 5Gyres
‘Plastic micro beads’ to be removed from soap, CNN (01-08-2013)
If you use exfoliating soaps, you might not know those little beads may be made of plastic, or think about what happens to them when they go down the drain. But it’s on the minds of marine science researchers, as well as a major company. Microplastics are plastic pieces less than 5 millimeters (0.2 inches) long, and they are a major type of marine debris…
3 Companies Commit To Removing Plastic Beads From Their Body Products, Treehuggers
