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Commonly Used Disposable Plastic Bags as a Source of Microplastic in Environment
Summary
Disposable plastic bags degrade over time into microplastic particles, contributing substantially to environmental microplastic contamination even as policy measures attempt to curb their use. Understanding plastic bags as a diffuse secondary microplastic source underscores the need for stricter material bans rather than mere reduction incentives.
The use of disposable plastic bags, one of the leading plastic products encountered in daily life, has been mostly impossible to prevent, even though a falling trend is observed in light of taxes and fines introduced in a number of countries. The term microplastics...