GruntBlender
GruntBlender t1_j69r78t wrote
Reply to comment by CompromisedCEO in UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
They float, so they don't settle onto the floor. That's why they're so much worse than sand.
GruntBlender t1_j69r20y wrote
Reply to comment by -Ch4s3- in UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
Safest way to dispose of it is incineration tho. Anything else will leech microplastics and plasticisers into the environment.
GruntBlender t1_j6b1knc wrote
Reply to comment by pzerr in UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year by giuliomagnifico
Better than microplastics