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ViennaLager t1_ivbv65v wrote

I find the use of microplastic pieces as a pointless metric. It is so trivial and just used to create headlines. What is important is the amount and that has to be quantified in a better way, such as weight.

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MrGodzillahin t1_ivci5e1 wrote

Idk for me, the fact that it’s a steadily increasing number is enough, as long as it’s increasing and truly impossible to remove (which it is). If there was no other pollution at all, constantly increasing microplastics means the eventual death of all life on Earth, right?

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ViennaLager t1_ivcmf1j wrote

Useless metric because it increases by default. Even if there were no more plastic to be released this number would still go up because as microplastic breaks down it turns into more pieces. What is the difference between 10 million plastic pieces of 5mm or 20 million of 2.5mm? How do you know if its more next year or just smaller pieces?

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