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Except it isn't, it's fishing nets https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-22939-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-22939-w
by kevcampb 8y ago
Except it isn't, it's fishing nets
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-22939-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-22939-w
- draw_down 8y agoYeah, I thought it was fishing nets too.
- gruez 8y agothat only talks about garbage content in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. maybe cigarette butts have different physical characteristics that causes it to accumulate differently than plastics? edit: reading the paper further, it looks like they're only surveyed plastics, not any other materials.
- Isamu 8y agoFrom the article: > The vast majority of the 5.6 trillion cigarettes manufactured worldwide each year come with filters made of cellulose acetate, a form of plastic that can take a decade or more to decompose