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minus-squareerlend_sh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days 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-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days ago plastic film used as mulch in agriculture Wtf. Where and why?!
minus-squareSuperCub@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-214 days 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-up0·14 days agoIt serves the same purpose as actual mulch, which is blocking out weeds
minus-squareSuperCub@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days 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-up0·14 days agoIf it was ground up plastic it would probably just get carried off by the wind.
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-214 days agoLike, everywhere? https://duckduckgo.com/?q=plastic+film+used+as+mulch+in+agriculture
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoWell, not here and we are doing fine.
minus-squarenossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days 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-up0·14 days agoPlastic was never meant to be recycled.
minus-squareWiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoSo, what you’re telling us is, they’ve been lying for decades?
minus-squareMataVatnik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoYup passing on the responsibility from the manufacturer to the consumer
WTF?
Uuuuh…
Yep
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.
Or plastic greenhouses
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.
Like, everywhere?
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=plastic+film+used+as+mulch+in+agriculture
Well, not here and we are doing fine.
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?
Yup passing on the responsibility from the manufacturer to the consumer