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minus-squareerlend_sh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up62·19 hours ago Studies have identified some of the main sources of microplastics as: plastic-coated fertilisers plastic film used as mulch in agriculture WTF? plastics recycling. Uuuuh…
minus-squarekurwa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 hours agoPlastic was never meant to be recycled.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up22arrow-down1·17 hours ago plastic film used as mulch in agriculture Wtf. Where and why?!
minus-squareSuperCub@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up50·edit-216 hours agoIt’s the black plastic bag material that people used to cover their soil and poke holes through for their crops. I never thought it was called plastic mulch though.
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·14 hours agoIt serves the same purpose as actual mulch, which is blocking out weeds
minus-squareSuperCub@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 hours agoYes, but mulch has the meaning of ground up wood, so I think most people would think it was ground up plastics.
minus-squarecapital_sniff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·25 minutes agoIf it was ground up plastic it would probably just get carried off by the wind.
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-217 hours agoLike, everywhere? https://duckduckgo.com/?q=plastic+film+used+as+mulch+in+agriculture
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoWell, not here and we are doing fine.
WTF?
Uuuuh…
Plastic was never meant to be recycled.
Wtf. Where and why?!
It’s the black plastic bag material that people used to cover their soil and poke holes through for their crops.
I never thought it was called plastic mulch though.
It serves the same purpose as actual mulch, which is blocking out weeds
Yes, but mulch has the meaning of ground up wood, so I think most people would think it was ground up plastics.
If it was ground up plastic it would probably just get carried off by the wind.
Or plastic greenhouses
Like, everywhere?
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=plastic+film+used+as+mulch+in+agriculture
Well, not here and we are doing fine.
Yep