Plastic
🧤 Residue from lab gloves has inflated microplastic counts in the environment
Earlier measurements of microplastics in the environment have been too high. The cause is residue from common lab gloves that was counted as plastic. Now researchers have developed a way to separate glove residue from actual microplastics.
🚮 Countries with the most plastic waste have the least plastic pollution
If all countries managed their waste the way high-income countries do today, global plastic pollution would decrease by over 98 percent. Every dollar invested in waste management in low-income countries prevents about 25,000 times more plastic pollution than the same dollar spent in a rich country.