Dr. Elvis Okoffo, Research Fellow at the Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences (QAEHS) estimated there were at least 7,000 tonnes of microplastics in Moreton Bay.
Elvis said "this was the equivalent of 1.5 million plastic bags, or enough to fill three Olympic swimming pools with plastic".
The most common pollutants were polyvinyl chloride (PVC), used in pipes and building materials, and polyethylene (PE), which is used in single-use items such as bottles and food wrappings.
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