The term "microplastics" was introduced in 2004 by Professor Richard Thompson, a marine biologist at the
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A big portion of microplastic pollution comes from textiles, tires and city dust which account for over 80% of all microplastic in the seas and the environment.
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Airborne microplastics have been detected in the atmosphere, as well as indoors and outdoors. In 2019 a study found microplastic to be atmospherically transported to remote areas on the wind. A 2017 study … See more

In 2008, an International Research Workshop at the University of Washington at Tacoma concluded that microplastics were a problem in the marine environment, based on their documented occurrence, the long reside… See more

In 2009, mean/median intake of microplastics in humans were at levels considered by some to be safe in humans; however, some individuals would sometimes exceed these limits; the effects of this, if an… See more

Some researchers have proposed incinerating plastics to use as energy, which is known as energy recovery. As opposed to losing the energy from plastics into the atmosphere in landfills, this process turns som… See more