Abstract

Micro/nanoplastics: an emerging environmental concern for the future decade

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  • The problem of humans producing plastic waste is not new

  • Single use plastics, which make up about 40% of our plastic waste, pose a large problem to the environment

  • Eight million tons of plastic waste is dumped into the sea yearly, where the sun and the waves degrade the plastic material into tiny fragments called microplastics

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Introduction

The problem of humans producing plastic waste is not new. Single use plastics, which make up about 40% of our plastic waste, pose a large problem to the environment. Eight million tons of plastic waste is dumped into the sea yearly, where the sun and the waves degrade the plastic material into tiny fragments called microplastics.

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