A new study found a substantial percentage of artificial grass plastic waste in seawater near Barcelona in Spain.
For this study, the team of researchers led by Liam de Haan studied 217 water samples obtained off the coast of Barcelona. The study also looked at 200 samples collected from Spain's second-longest river, the Guadalquivir, between 2014 and 2021.
The scientists concentrated on plastic fragments over five millimeters while ignoring any minuscule particles less than this size. The authors emphasize that determining the origin of microplastics is more complicated. On the other hand, turf plastic fibers are simpler to identify since they are thin, long and slightly curled, and green in color.The findings revealed that plastic grass fibers accounted for 15 percent of fragments bigger than 5 millimeters in samples collected within a kilometer of the shore in Barcelona.
In certain areas, the number of artificial grass pieces floating in the water reached 213,200 fibers per square kilometer.Meanwhile, the average deposition of plastic pollution from artificial grass in the Guadalquivir River was found to be 50 times lower than in the seawater off Barcelona. As the usage of artificial grass continues to grow, the authors believe that this issue may also be unfolding in water bodies worldwide. In reality, plastic contamination from artificial grass may be far higher than thought. This is because plastic fragments tend to break down further into microplastics and nanoplastics.
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