Plastic ‘Frankenrocks’ pose new pollution threat to coastal environment

Mongabay
Aug 2, 2023, 2:59 am262 pts
JAKARTA — Uncontrolled burning of plastic waste on Indonesian beaches has given rise to plastic-rock hybrids that deposit in and may pollute coastal ecosystems and fisheries, a new study has found. Molten plastic mixed with natural and artificial debris, known as plastiglomerate, and other new forms of…

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