Paint: the big source of ocean microplastics you didn’t know about

The estimated amount of microplastics from paint that could be entering the world's oceans is equivalent to 150-225 billion plastic bottles.
Declan Mc Adams
Chairman, Pinovo
Tore Angelskår
Chief Executive Officer, Pinovo

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