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minus-squareerlend_sh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month 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-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month ago plastic film used as mulch in agriculture Wtf. Where and why?!
minus-squareSuperCub@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 month 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-up1·1 month agoIt serves the same purpose as actual mulch, which is blocking out weeds
minus-squarekurwa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoPlastic was never meant to be recycled.
minus-squareWiz@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoSo, what you’re telling us is, they’ve been lying for decades?
WTF?
Uuuuh…
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
Plastic was never meant to be recycled.
So, what you’re telling us is, they’ve been lying for decades?