Primary microplastics definition
Primary microplastics means plastics produced in microscopic size either for the direct use in products (such as microbeads used, e.g. in cosmetic peeling products or for cleaning purposes of ship hulks) or indirect use (such as pre-productions pellets or nurdles);
Examples of Primary microplastics in a sentence
Primary microplastics are those which were manufactured with the intention of them being of a micro scale, for example those used in cosmetics or exfoliating scrubs (such as glitter and ‘microbeads’) or virgin pellets used in the plastic production industry.