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Odds are, you aren’t too far away from something made of plastic: the computer or phone you are reading this on, food storage, the fibers making up your clothes or even the gum you’re chewing.

Plastic manufacturing is relatively new, having taken off in the 1900s. In the decades since, plastic waste has become a global crisis. Small plastic particles called microplastics are abundant in every ecosystem and have been found in plants...