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Where do microplastics come from and why should I care?

12/22/2016

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 There are two types of microplastics: primary microplastics are manufactured to be of microscopic size, like microbeads from face wash; and secondary microplastics are pieces of plastics that have broke off from larger pieces of plastic, like a discarded soda bottle. Secondary microplastics are a big problem because plastics do not mineralize. This means that plastics do not break down like food would, they just break off into smaller and smaller pieces. So, any bottle, bag, or polyester shirt that is not removed from the environment eventually becomes microplastics.  See the previous post and download the beat the microbead app and recycle! 
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http://www.beatthemicrobead.org/
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Beat the microbead app!

12/22/2016

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Beat the Microbead App 
More and more cosmetics contain microbeads, tiny plastic beads. These microplastics are a hazard to our environment.
It can be hard to determine if a product contains these microbeads. The North Sea Foundation (Stichting de Noordzee) and the Plastic Soup Foundation have developed an App to easily check if a product contains microbeads.
With this App you can check if a product contains microbeads by just scanning the barcode with your smartphone camera.
This new version of the App recognizes many more products and has localised product listings. New countries are continuously added, so chances are that your country is included or will be included soon. Beat the Microbead is now a truly worldwide campaign!

For more information go to the website:

www.beatthemicrobead.org
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Marine Debris- microplastics

12/22/2016

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