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just_another_person@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

7,000 Microplastics Studies Show We Have One Really Big Problem

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7,000 Microplastics Studies Show We Have One Really Big Problem

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just_another_person@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.world · 8 months ago
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    • plastic film used as mulch in agriculture

    Wtf. Where and why?!

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      It’s the black plastic bag material that people used to cover their soil and poke holes through for their crops.

      I never thought it was called plastic mulch though.

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        It serves the same purpose as actual mulch, which is blocking out weeds

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          Yes, but mulch has the meaning of ground up wood, so I think most people would think it was ground up plastics.

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            If it was ground up plastic it would probably just get carried off by the wind.

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        Or plastic greenhouses

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      Like, everywhere?

      https://duckduckgo.com/?q=plastic+film+used+as+mulch+in+agriculture

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