Plastiglomerate

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A type of rock with plastic inclusions countable, uncountable

    "Plastiglomerates are a marker for Anthropocene rocks."

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"Plastiglomerates are a marker for Anthropocene rocks."

Etymology

Blend of plastic + conglomerate. Coined by Patricia Corcoran and Charles Moore, who discovered the mineral formation containing plastics (synthetic polymer material).

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