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Environmental Science

Photodegradation of Plastics and Its Environmental Implications

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Photodegradation can cause a plastic bottle to fragment into billions of microplastic particles under sunlight, but the plastic itself never truly disappears.

Why this is interesting

Every piece of plastic you've ever seen is slowly falling apart under the sun—even the 'indestructible' ones. But what does that really mean for the environment?