Mussels Can Remove Micro-Plastic From Our Oceans

Microplastics are extremely small pieces of plastic debris less than 5 millimeters long in the environment.These microplastics are difficult to dispose of properly because of their size. And they are harmful to aquatic life and the oceans. According to the Plan Plastic Project, they found out that 5kgs of mussels had the capacity to remove a quarter of a million microplastics from that moving water in just one hour. Researchers and environmentalists have for a very long 1time been worried about the excess production of plastic and the one that goes into the oceans in the form of microplastics. Mollusks … Continue reading Mussels Can Remove Micro-Plastic From Our Oceans