Recycling Releases Microplastics Into Water Supply – Shocking Study

A shocking study reported in the Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances revealed that recycling releases microplastics into the water supply.

A team of environmental engineers at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland and Dalhousie University Halifax in Canada has found that techniques for recycling plastics may inadvertently lead to increased environmental microplastics. In their study, reported in the Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, the group tested water used to cle...

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