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Macroplastic and Microplastic Abundance at the Greenfield Mangrove Site in Guyana
Summary
Researchers surveyed a mangrove site in Guyana and found both macroplastics and microplastics present across sampling locations. Plastic items including bags, bottles, and fragments were the most common forms of pollution found. The study documents plastic contamination in a coastal mangrove ecosystem that had not previously been assessed.
In the past decades, the use of plastic, particularly single-use plastics, has greatly increased. Guyana is among the developing countries struggling to deal with this new wave of plastic consumption, resulting in indiscriminate dumping and extensive pollution of the environment. This study was designed to determine the abundance and distribution of microplastics and macroplastics at the Greenfield mangrove site, East Coast Demerara, Guyana.