میکروپلاستیک ها در مناطق روستایی سوئیس می ریزند و سالانه بیش از 200 تن به زمین و آب اضافه می کنند.

Microplastics fall across rural Switzerland, adding over 200 tons yearly to land and water

Loose fibers from functional clothing, discarded PET bottles or abandoned packaging: When such plastic materials enter the environment, they often persist there for a long time. UV radiation, precipitation and ozone cause them to become brittle—and over time, mechanical forces break them down into increasingly smaller particles. Swirled up by the wind, they are carried farther through the atmosphere. Until now, it…