Seagrass forms balls that have the potential to capture 867 million pieces of plastic annually

It is expected to help the government company to better understand the scale of the issue, the nature of the problem and identify any further detailed research to inform changes to its current policy or design standards

Under certain conditions, kettles and infant-feeding bottles could release up to 16.2 million polypropylene microplastics per litre, according to a report

The amount of microplastics recorded was 25 times higher than previous underwater studies, according to a report

Three separate studies have found high levels of microplastics are impacting the river, seriously affecting its inhabitants, habitats, water column and shoreline

Shocking 4% of particles in air were microplastics mainly from fibres in clothing

That’s the warning from Elda Miramontes. Junior Professor of Sedimentology at the University of Bremen

Researchers found a single plastic tea bag at brewing temperature could release around 11.6bn microplastic and 3.1bn nanoplastic particles into a cup

Plastic bottles and caps used in bottled water could be sources of microplastics but data is ‘extremely limited’

A new study shows microplastic fragments can be carried long distances from cities, covering even the most remote areas with a ‘blanket’ of waste