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7,000 Microplastics Studies Show We Have One Really Big Problem(www.sciencealert.com)

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MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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  • plastic film used as mulch in agriculture

Wtf. Where and why?!

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SuperCub@sh.itjust.works
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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.

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Revan343@lemmy.ca
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It serves the same purpose as actual mulch, which is blocking out weeds

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tb_@lemmy.world
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Or plastic greenhouses

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