Biodegradable microbeads could help halt plastic pollution

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Biodegradable microbeads made from CELLULOSE could stop 30,000 tonnes of plastic entering the oceans

A biodegradable alternative to plastic microbeads has been developed in the UK in a bid to wipe out the major contributor to plastic pollution.

 

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I READ at least 30 articles in the last years, with different ways to stopping the plastic pollution in the oceans... BUT I don't see ONCE in working...

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