Microbeads are tiny pieces of plastic used in many products to help clean skin or teeth. They are a kind of microplastic, which are pieces of plastic less than 5 millimeters in size.
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Microplastic
Synonyms for "microplastic"
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7 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 26 languages.
Basque
1 entries- mikroplastiko noun (small particles of plastic)
Catalan
1 entries- microplàstic noun (small particles of plastic)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 微塑料 noun (small particles of plastic)
Danish
1 entries- mikroplast noun (small particles of plastic)
Dutch
1 entries- microplastic noun (small particles of plastic)
Estonian
1 entries- mikroplast noun (small particles of plastic)
Finnish
1 entries- mikromuovi noun (small particles of plastic)
French
1 entries- microplastique noun (small particles of plastic)
Galician
1 entries- microplástico noun (small particles of plastic)
Georgian
1 entries- მიკროპლასტმასი noun (small particles of plastic)
German
1 entries- Mikroplastik noun (small particles of plastic)
Greek
1 entries- μικροπλαστικό noun (small particles of plastic)
Hungarian
2 entries- mikroműanyag noun (small particles of plastic)
- mikroplasztik noun (small particles of plastic)
Interlingua
1 entries- microplastico noun (small particles of plastic)
Italian
1 entries- microplastica noun (small particles of plastic)
Japanese
1 entries- マイクロプラスチック noun (small particles of plastic)
Korean
1 entries- 미세플라스틱 noun (small particles of plastic)
Malay
1 entries- mikroplastik noun (small particles of plastic)
Polish
1 entries- mikroplastik noun (small particles of plastic)
Portuguese
1 entries- microplástico noun (small particles of plastic)
Romanian
1 entries- microplastic noun (small particles of plastic)
Russian
1 entries- микропла́стик noun (small particles of plastic)
Spanish
1 entries- microplástico noun (small particles of plastic)
Thai
1 entries- ไมโครพลาสติก noun (small particles of plastic)
Turkish
1 entries- mikroplastik noun (small particles of plastic)
Ukrainian
1 entries- мікропластик noun (small particles of plastic)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Huge amounts of plastic waste are dumped in the environment and microplastics now contaminate the entire planet, from the summit of Mount Everest to the deepest oceans.
Source: wiktionary
Sailors testing the waters during the Ocean Race, which travels through some of the world’s most remote ocean environments, have found microplastics in every sample.
Source: wiktionary
“Even under a variety of policies, including plastic product reduction, waste management, and environmental recycling, microplastic pollution is irreversible and escalating.”
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