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In this remote body of water and its broader campaign for a global oceans treaty. >> you can see quite a bit of plastic already just when it's in there. has this been fairly common in the samples coming up. >> most of the samples there has been something. we have seen a lot of plastics because they get entangled in the sargasso. >> the initial results of the study are alarming. green piece found similar or greater concentrations of micro plastic to what they found in the notorious great pacific garbage patch last year. >> we need to change our consumption, the patterns, the way we ruin the pla...

But also want to link it to the of. the tiny pieces of plastic are so light that if they leave the water and dry out they can be picked up by air currents and carried high into the atmosphere once they're like dust or pollen they act as a core for coalescing raindrops or in colder regions ice crystals when they grow heavy enough the rain drops or snowflakes fall back to earth as precipitation taking the microscopic pieces of plastic along for the ride. the polar and marine scientists from the hunt for it begin to institute in germany looked at snow samples from a range of sites in europe and t...

A core for coalescing raindrops or in colder regions ice crystals when they grow heavy enough the raindrops or snowflakes fall back to earth and it's precipitation taking the microscopic pieces of plastic along for the ride. the polar and marine scientists from the hunt for it begin to institute in germany looked at snow samples from a range of sites in europe and the arctic. they've discovered that even in some of the most remote areas on earth like the arctic ice pack a single leader of snow can contain thousands of pieces of micro plastic the discovery that the atmosphere likely plays a key...

Up in the arctic. they put the snow in jars, melted, then ran it through a filter and studied whatever residue is left. they found what is known as micro plastic, particles are so tiny, 11 of them would fit on the tip of a human hair. the scientists found these particles contain certain types of rubber acrylic, the ingredient used to make fake nails at the salon, in the paint. mary and ecologists told "national geographic" "micro plastic is in the air and it's not unlikely that we also inhale some of it and part of them may actually make it into our lungs." the study defines micro plastic of t...

$5200000.00 tons of plastic p.-a but only recycles 15 percent of that governments around the world are waking up to the problem though the u.s. and canada have partially banned micro plastic. in some consumer products and many countries in africa asia and europe have also banned or at least regulating plastic bags let's talk a little bit about some of those measures joining me in the studio now is tamzin walker from g.w. and vironment good to have you with us terms and let me just pick up on one measure the german supermarket chain aldi which has supermarkets all around the globe has just intr...