Nature in crisis, plastic pollution

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Plastic pollution at Chessel Bay Nature Reserve in Southampton, UK. Large weathered block of polystyrene building material. Although a very useful insulator polystyrene is not biodegradable and will break down into microplastics. The surface of this block has been damaged by the weather, and polystyrene fragments can be found polluting the beach within the same nature reserve.

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Size: 5048px × 3365px
Location: Chessel Bay Nature Reserve, Southampton, UK
Photo credit: © Raelene Goddard / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: block, crisis, damage, debris, discarded, disposal, environment, environmental, expanded, fly, industrial, insulation, irreponsible, nature, plastic, pollution, polystyrene, rubbish, tipping, waste