• Question: How will we get rid of plastic in the sea

    Asked by anon-251038 to Tom, Lucy on 1 Apr 2020.
    • Photo: Lucy Kelly

      Lucy Kelly answered on 1 Apr 2020:


      There are lots of different ways to get rid of big pieces of plastic in the oceans, people have invented giant filters which draw ocean water in and trap plastic so we can take it out and dispose of it elsewhere. I’ve recently read some research which uses a certain type of bacteria to degrade plastic, which I found really interesting!
      Microplastics are much more difficult to get rid of because they are so small, we can’t filter them out of the ocean easily. Hopefully soon a scientist can come up with a great idea to fix this problem!

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