Micro-Plastics – sources and distributions ways

The 18^th Kieler Marktplatz, took place in Kiel on March 26 on the subject "Micro-Plastics – sources and distributions ways"

On our coasts and riverbanks and in our seas we often find plastic garbage like plastic bags or plastic bottle. Less obvious - but no less common - are microscopic plastics: Microplastic. Microplastic are solid and insoluble synthetic polymers (plastics) with less than five millimeters. They are used in the cosmetics industry, they serve as abrasives, film former, filler and binder, and they are part of the tire abrasion. Their degradation pathways and environmental impacts are, however, largely unexplained and a subsequent removal from the environment is only very limited possible. The event clarifies the sources and ways of microplastics, shows impacts and filtering capabilities, and introduces measures that a city can take.