Green roofs shown to capture nearly all microplastics from rainwater

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Jun 20, 2025, 1:01 pm275 ptsTop
A small team of researchers at Tongji University, working with a colleague from the Shanghai Academy of Landscape Architecture Science and Planning, both in China, has found that growing plants on roofs can serve as an effective way to remove microplastics from the air. In their study, published in the journal…

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