{"id":116,"date":"2020-12-09T20:28:32","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T01:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/?p=116"},"modified":"2020-12-09T20:28:32","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T01:28:32","slug":"hidden-plastics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/2020\/12\/09\/hidden-plastics\/","title":{"rendered":"Hidden Plastics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic waste that are directly released into the environment from sources like synthetic clothing textiles, marine<br \/>coatings, road markings and personal care products, or formed by the breakdown of larger plastics.  Researchers are discovering these microscopic particles across aquatic and marine systems. But they are also showing up in places like our bottled water! How can we tackle this invisible but pervasive problem?  Check out the various solutions Team Microplastics offers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"607\" height=\"940\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/files\/2020\/12\/Hidden-Plastics.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/files\/2020\/12\/Hidden-Plastics.jpg 607w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/files\/2020\/12\/Hidden-Plastics-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/files\/2020\/12\/Hidden-Plastics-90x140.jpg 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/files\/2020\/12\/Microplastics.pdf\">Microplastics<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/files\/2020\/12\/Microplastics.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microplastics are tiny pieces of plastic waste that are directly released into the environment from sources like synthetic clothing textiles, marinecoatings, road markings and personal care products, or formed by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1574,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"japontiu","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/author\/japontiu\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1574"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116\/revisions\/119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/japontiuensc12020f\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}