Invisible microplastics polluting Sabarmati

The study conducted by Discipline of Earth Sciences of IIT-Gandhinagar on micro plastics in the river system have found out that the microplastics (which are not visible to  naked eye) is polluting the Sabarmati river.

       The microplastics are those plastics that have less than 5 millimetres in size.

researchers isolated two groups of microplastic — small and  ..

       The researchers have found of two groups of microplastics from Sabarmati river:

• size range of 75 micrometres to  212 micrometres
• size range of 212 micrometres to 4 millimetres

       The sources of micro plastics are improper waste disposal, insufficient waste management, urban runoffs and washing machine effluent.

researchers isolated two groups of microplastic.