Plastiglomerate - Plastic in Fresh Water Lakes

EarthMatters by Lawson Hunter

Jan 27, 202030:00Education

Yet another form of plastic pollution - "plastiglomerate" - rock-like fragments of plastic, sand grains, debris and organic materials fused together by human-induced fires. In certain areas of the Great Lakes surface den...

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