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Secondary microplastics, i.e. plastic fragments of less than 5 mm in size resulting from the use and abandonment of objects such as plastic bags or bottles, account for around 68 to 81% of the microplastics in the oceans (source: European Parliament). In 2017, the UN declared the presence of 51 trillion microplastic particles in the Earth’s seas: “500 times more numerous than all the stars in our galaxy”. Worldwide, the seas have been described as one of the most polluted areas by micro and macroplastics. As a result, the treatment and life-cycle management of plastics has become a huge problem whose lack of solution threatens marine biodiversity and the survival of many fish species. Not to mention the fact that the dangers to humans of these tiny plastic fragments entering the food chain are not yet known.

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