Introduction To Microplastics
Introduction To Microplastics
Microplastics
Plastic pollution size categories
<1mm - 1m
<25 - 5mm
25mm <5 - 1mm
TYPES OF MICROPLASTICS | Overview
Fibres Pellets
PRIMARY
MICROPLASTICS
Those which enter the
Films Fragments
marine environment in
their « micro » size
SECONDARY
Microbeads
MICROPLASTICS
Foam
Resulting from the
breakdown of larger
plastics in the marine
environment
TYPES OF MICROPLASTICS | Fibres
TYPES OF MICROPLASTICS | Nurdles
TYPES OF MICROPLASTICS | Fragments, films and
foams
TYPES OF MICROPLASTICS | Microbeads
Ingredients to avoid:
• Polyethylene
• Polypropylene
• Polyethylene terephthalate
• Polymethyl methacrylate
Sandblasting
Changing
Ingestion by
properties of
animals
beaches
Vectors for
Magnet for
harmful
toxins
pathogens
IMPACTS OF MICROPLASTICS | Ingestion