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minus-squareerlend_sh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up52·12 hours ago Studies have identified some of the main sources of microplastics as: plastic-coated fertilisers plastic film used as mulch in agriculture WTF? plastics recycling. Uuuuh…
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·10 hours ago plastic film used as mulch in agriculture Wtf. Where and why?!
minus-squareSuperCub@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up38·edit-29 hours agoIt’s the black plastic bag material that people used to cover their soil and poke holes through for their crops. I never thought it was called plastic mulch though.
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·7 hours agoIt serves the same purpose as actual mulch, which is blocking out weeds
minus-squareSuperCub@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoYes, but mulch has the meaning of ground up wood, so I think most people would think it was ground up plastics.
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-210 hours agoLike, everywhere? https://duckduckgo.com/?q=plastic+film+used+as+mulch+in+agriculture
WTF?
Uuuuh…
Wtf. Where and why?!
It’s the black plastic bag material that people used to cover their soil and poke holes through for their crops.
I never thought it was called plastic mulch though.
It serves the same purpose as actual mulch, which is blocking out weeds
Yes, but mulch has the meaning of ground up wood, so I think most people would think it was ground up plastics.
Or plastic greenhouses
Like, everywhere?
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=plastic+film+used+as+mulch+in+agriculture
Yep