of plastics in ecosystems worldwide.[5] Plastic is the most prevalent type of marine debris found in our ocean and the Great Lakes. Plastic debris can come in all shapes and sizes. However, the most important and emerging threat posed by plastic pollution is the breaking down of plastic into smaller pieces called microplastics.

Microplastics have been identified in many food substances like salt (50–280 microparticles/kg of salt), branded milk (6.5 ± 2.3 particles/L), fish and other seafood, and tea from teabags (11.6 × 109 s/plastic teabag).[6] According to a recent study, three coffees in disposable paper cups are enough to make us ingest about 75 thousand microplastic particles.[7] The com-monly used paper cups have a thin layer of plastic which, in contact with the hot liquid, releases micro-plastics. T...

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