Microplastics in the Watershed
While plastic pollution, such as bottles and bags littering our watershed, are easy to spot, the plastic pollution present in the Musconetcong River goes beyond what the eye can see. Smaller than 5 mm in size, microplastics are plastic pieces that can generally only be seen with a microscope. Because of their small size, finding microplastics in the environment often requires extensive sampling and analysis procedures. Microplastics are an emerging environmental concern, b
