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Cleaning plastic containers in a dishwasher is a source of microplastic pollution, study finds

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Cleaning plastic containers in a dishwasher is a source of microplastic pollution, study finds

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Science@mander.xyz · 17 days ago

Washing household plastic containers in a dishwasher releases nanoplastic and microplastic pollution into wastewater, University of Queensland researchers have found.

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And yet somehow it lasts forever in a landfill.

We can’t win.
- 18107@aussie.zone
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  Just wash your dishes in a landfill.
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    So that’s why Oscar is always hiding in the trash can grumbling!

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