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minus-squareerlend_sh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up69arrow-down1·1 day ago Studies have identified some of the main sources of microplastics as: plastic-coated fertilisers plastic film used as mulch in agriculture WTF? plastics recycling. Uuuuh…
minus-squarenossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoHave you seen the process used in plastic recycling? The plastic is literally triturated into tiny bits before being heated up for the next stages.
minus-squarekurwa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·14 hours agoPlastic was never meant to be recycled.
minus-squareWiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours agoSo, what you’re telling us is, they’ve been lying for decades?
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down1·1 day ago plastic film used as mulch in agriculture Wtf. Where and why?!
minus-squareSuperCub@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up56arrow-down2·edit-21 day agoIt’s the black plastic bag material that people used to cover their soil and poke holes through for their crops. I never thought it was called plastic mulch though.
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·1 day agoIt serves the same purpose as actual mulch, which is blocking out weeds
minus-squareSuperCub@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·18 hours agoYes, but mulch has the meaning of ground up wood, so I think most people would think it was ground up plastics.
minus-squarecapital_sniff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoIf it was ground up plastic it would probably just get carried off by the wind.
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-21 day agoLike, everywhere? https://duckduckgo.com/?q=plastic+film+used+as+mulch+in+agriculture
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 hours agoWell, not here and we are doing fine.
WTF?
Uuuuh…
Have you seen the process used in plastic recycling? The plastic is literally triturated into tiny bits before being heated up for the next stages.
Plastic was never meant to be recycled.
So, what you’re telling us is, they’ve been lying for decades?
Wtf. Where and why?!
It’s the black plastic bag material that people used to cover their soil and poke holes through for their crops.
I never thought it was called plastic mulch though.
It serves the same purpose as actual mulch, which is blocking out weeds
Yes, but mulch has the meaning of ground up wood, so I think most people would think it was ground up plastics.
If it was ground up plastic it would probably just get carried off by the wind.
Or plastic greenhouses
Like, everywhere?
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=plastic+film+used+as+mulch+in+agriculture
Well, not here and we are doing fine.
Yep