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Synthetic materials, colloquially also called plastic, are used in many ways due to their durability. This results in problems with environmentally friendly disposal (Chap. 4), with microplastics playing a particularly important role.
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Fath, A. (2023). Microplastics—Definition, Origin and Use. In: Microplastic Compact. essentials(). Springer, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-32867-2_2
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