Photo / Getty ImagesBy RNZRubbish made from natural fibres could be polluting oceans at far greater rates than plastic, an expert on marine plastics says. Only 8 per cent of the fibres recovered from the Southern Ocean were plastic. "The natural fibres that we've been putting out for much longer than we've been putting out synthetic fibres are also accumulating in the ocean for some reason. Putting plastic items into riversRyan's own recent research attracted controversy because it involved putting plastic items into rivers and tracing them. It had become "the missing plastic plastic debate" with scientists trying to explain the difference.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 11, 2020 06:25 UTC