REMOVING MICROPL ASTICS
These technologies and techniques can help reduce microplastics’ environmental impact
DID YOU KNOW? A common crustacean, Gammarus duebeni, can break microplastics down into nanoplastics
MUSSEL POWER
In 2021, studies carried out at the UK’s Plymouth Marine Laboratory found that mussels – and in particular their poop – could help scientists remove microplastics from rivers and estuaries. The experiment, which focused on blue mussels, uncovered that because these creatures can filter microplastic pieces out from their bodies and into their faeces, they become buoyant when excreted.