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Australians are washing microplastics down the drain and it’s ending up on our farms

  • Written by Shima Ziajahromi, Advance Queensland Research Fellow, Griffith University
Australians are washing microplastics down the drain and it’s ending up on our farmsPixel-Shot, Shutterstock

Australian wastewater treatment plants produce thousands of tonnes of treated sewage sludge every year. This nutrient-rich material is then dried to make “biosolids”, which are used to fertilise agricultural soil.

Unfortunately every kilogram of biosolids also contains thousands of tiny pieces of plastic. These...

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