Nanoplastic particles love company: Researchers analyze polyethylene degradation in environment

ScienceDaily
Apr 27, 2022, 4:42 pm297 pts
Polyethylene accounts for nearly one-third of the world's plastic waste. An interdisciplinary team has now investigated the progressive degradation of polyethylene in the environment for the first time. Although the degradation process leads to fragmentation into ever smaller particles, isolated nanoplastic…

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