Esme Stallard

I'm only glad you're here to receive your wallet back again.

I'm only glad you're here to receive your wallet back again.

I'm only glad you're here to receive your wallet back again.

So microplastics can sort of enter our waterways, seas, rivers, general environment in kind of two ways. There's what we call primary microplastics. So this is where they're already very small. So an example of this is when you wash your clothes, fibres can come off your clothes and enter your waterways. And actually, that's a really big source of it.

So microplastics can sort of enter our waterways, seas, rivers, general environment in kind of two ways. There's what we call primary microplastics. So this is where they're already very small. So an example of this is when you wash your clothes, fibres can come off your clothes and enter your waterways. And actually, that's a really big source of it.

So microplastics can sort of enter our waterways, seas, rivers, general environment in kind of two ways. There's what we call primary microplastics. So this is where they're already very small. So an example of this is when you wash your clothes, fibres can come off your clothes and enter your waterways. And actually, that's a really big source of it.

there's also little bits of particles from your tyres is another really major source runs off roads and then there's secondary microplastics so this is when you a complete product like a plastic water bottle or a plastic bag gets thrown away and then the natural environment breaks that down to smaller and smaller particles it's kind of

there's also little bits of particles from your tyres is another really major source runs off roads and then there's secondary microplastics so this is when you a complete product like a plastic water bottle or a plastic bag gets thrown away and then the natural environment breaks that down to smaller and smaller particles it's kind of

there's also little bits of particles from your tyres is another really major source runs off roads and then there's secondary microplastics so this is when you a complete product like a plastic water bottle or a plastic bag gets thrown away and then the natural environment breaks that down to smaller and smaller particles it's kind of

difficult I would say to overestimate the scale of the problem you know at the moment the evidence around the harm to humans is kind of incomplete but there are serious concerns and that's because a lot of plastics have harmful toxins or additives put into them to kind of enable them to form their function and we've seen you know plastic particles harming particularly marine wildlife and

difficult I would say to overestimate the scale of the problem you know at the moment the evidence around the harm to humans is kind of incomplete but there are serious concerns and that's because a lot of plastics have harmful toxins or additives put into them to kind of enable them to form their function and we've seen you know plastic particles harming particularly marine wildlife and

difficult I would say to overestimate the scale of the problem you know at the moment the evidence around the harm to humans is kind of incomplete but there are serious concerns and that's because a lot of plastics have harmful toxins or additives put into them to kind of enable them to form their function and we've seen you know plastic particles harming particularly marine wildlife and

That's why it's so concerning that it's being found within our bloodstreams and there's ongoing research around that.

That's why it's so concerning that it's being found within our bloodstreams and there's ongoing research around that.

That's why it's so concerning that it's being found within our bloodstreams and there's ongoing research around that.

They're calling it a fibrous foam, but it's basically made out of two main materials. One is cellulose, which they've extracted from cotton, and the other is something called chitin, which they've taken from the skeleton or from the structure of a squid. which seems very strange. But chitin is actually very, very common. It's in various different organisms and insects, crustaceans, but also fungi.

They're calling it a fibrous foam, but it's basically made out of two main materials. One is cellulose, which they've extracted from cotton, and the other is something called chitin, which they've taken from the skeleton or from the structure of a squid. which seems very strange. But chitin is actually very, very common. It's in various different organisms and insects, crustaceans, but also fungi.

They're calling it a fibrous foam, but it's basically made out of two main materials. One is cellulose, which they've extracted from cotton, and the other is something called chitin, which they've taken from the skeleton or from the structure of a squid. which seems very strange. But chitin is actually very, very common. It's in various different organisms and insects, crustaceans, but also fungi.

Effectively, it's long chains of carbohydrates. So they're the two main materials that they've used. And it's actually really kind of crucial to the success of this solution that they've used those materials because they're so abundant, which makes it quite cheap to produce.

Effectively, it's long chains of carbohydrates. So they're the two main materials that they've used. And it's actually really kind of crucial to the success of this solution that they've used those materials because they're so abundant, which makes it quite cheap to produce.