Microplastics, are everywhere in our lives. Generally speaking, microplastics refer to plastic fragments and particles that are less than 5mm in diameter. But in reality, microplastics are a mixture of non-uniform plastic particles in a variety of shapes, which may be as small as a few microns in diameter. It is very difficult to distinguish with the naked eye and may become another “invisible killer” for the environment and human health.
I. Harm to the environment
It is estimated that 4.8-12.7 million tons of plastic waste flows into the ocean every year, which is equivalent to a large truck dumping garbage into the ocean every minute.
On the one hand, microplastics can be ingested by zooplankton, shellfish, fish and other marine organisms, which adversely affect the growth, development and reproduction of marine organisms. On the other hand, through the surface enrichment of heavy metals, new types of harmful organic substances to the marine and coastal ecological environment to bring harm, before the cleanest on earth Antarctica microplastics found in the snow of the hot search discussion is extremely high, which means that the damage of plastic pollution to the ecological environment in the acceleration, but also to us to sound the alarm of environmental protection and plastic restrictions.
