Plastiglomerate

  • Recently, a plastic-rock hybrid was discovered in Andaman’s Aves island.
  • Known as Plastiglomerate, the rock is composed of sand, rock fragments, shells and other materials held together by plastic, resulting in a plastic-rock hybrid.
  • Laboratory analysis showed that it has two very commonly used plastic polymers– polyethene and polyvinyl chloride– which was holding the smaller rock and sand particles to form a rock.
  • These man-made aggregates were initially discovered at Kamilo Beach, Hawaii, and have since been reported from many ....
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