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What is microplastic?
- despose of plastic
- ranging in size
- are found
- species of fish
- is divided into two
- is added to
- come from large
- is harmful to the human
- insist on trying
- are used worldwide
Nowadays most of us know that it's very difficult to [ ] . The problem is that plastic as garbage only falls into small pieces, but can never completely disappear, at least not earlier than in hundreds or even thousands years. Those pieces [ ] from five millimetres to one micrometre are called microplastics. The micro particles of plastic [ ] in the most unpredictable places, substances, like drinking water, salt,sugar, or even organisms of most [ ] and other animals.
By its origin microplastic [ ] groups: primary and secondary.
Primary microplastic is produced for certain purposes. It [ ] various cleansers, like shower gels, in order to perfect their cleaning effect.
Secondary microplastics [ ] plastic waste. It consists of all sorts of disposable containers that get into garbage regularly and later fall into smaller pieces.
Though it hasn't been proved yet that microplastic [ ] body and can damage organs and other systems, many activists [ ] to solve the problem of microplastic until it is too late. At present different waste recycling projects are under development. If they [ ] , it may help to reduce plastic waste on the planet.