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Recent Cutting-Edge Solutions to Prevent Microplastics Pollution

2023

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Researchers reviewed emerging technological and policy solutions targeting microplastic leakage across the full plastic life cycle—from pre-production pellets through consumption and disposal—to identify the most promising intervention points for reducing environmental microplastic pollution.

There is stray leakage of plastic particles at every stage of the plastic life cycle: pre-production (in the form of pellets), production, consumption, and

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