Tag: Marine

‘To mitigate the impact of microplastics on marine ecosystems’

A newly developed plant-based plastic releases nine times fewer microplastics than conventional plastic when exposed to sunlight and seawater, according to Phys.org. Researchers from the University of Portsmouth and Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) in Belgium tested how two types of plastic break down under extreme conditions. They took to the journal Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety […]