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What tools/technology exist today to remove microplastics from water? This theme comes up time and time again on HN, has anyone attempted to solve this?
by cgb223 3y ago
What tools/technology exist today to remove microplastics from water?
This theme comes up time and time again on HN, has anyone attempted to solve this?
- undersuit 3y agoIt's not that we don't have filters. You can filter your tap water right now of microplastics with standard filters. We don't have the capacity to filter the world's oceans before the microplastics enter the ecosystem.
- Tarsul 3y agolook no further than this guardian article from this week about bacteria that eat microplastics: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/28/plastic-eating-bacteria-enzyme-recycling-waste https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/28/plastic-...