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minus-squareerlend_sh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up49·10 hours ago Studies have identified some of the main sources of microplastics as: plastic-coated fertilisers plastic film used as mulch in agriculture WTF? plastics recycling. Uuuuh…
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·7 hours ago plastic film used as mulch in agriculture Wtf. Where and why?!
minus-squareSuperCub@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up34·edit-27 hours agoIt’s the black plastic bag material that people used to cover their soil and poke holes through for their crops. I never thought it was called plastic mulch though.
minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 hours agoIt serves the same purpose as actual mulch, which is blocking out weeds
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-27 hours agoLike, everywhere? https://duckduckgo.com/?q=plastic+film+used+as+mulch+in+agriculture
WTF?
Uuuuh…
Wtf. Where and why?!
It’s the black plastic bag material that people used to cover their soil and poke holes through for their crops.
I never thought it was called plastic mulch though.
It serves the same purpose as actual mulch, which is blocking out weeds
Or plastic greenhouses
Like, everywhere?
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=plastic+film+used+as+mulch+in+agriculture
Yep