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Soil bugs munch on plastics -- ScienceDaily Thursday, July 26, 2018
Soil bugs munch on plastics -- ScienceDaily
Soil bugs munch on plastics -- ScienceDaily
Jul 26, 2018
Extracted Page: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180726085820.htm
Our world is drowning in a flood of plastic. Eight million tons of plastic end up in the oceans every year. Agricultural soils are also threatened by plastic pollution. Farmers around the world apply enormous amounts of polyethylene (PE) mulch films onto soils to combat weeds, increase soil temperature and keep the soil moist, thereby increasing overall crop yields.
After harvest, it often is impossible for farmers to re-collect the entire films, particularly when films are only a few micrometers thin. Film debris then makes its way into the soil and accumulates in the soil over time, bec
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