Most microplastics don’t come from bottles or bags. The vast majority are shed from everyday materials — synthetic clothing fibers, tire wear, and urban dust — not from visible litter.

They’re already everywhere. Scientists estimate roughly 7 million tonnes of microplastics now sit across oceans and agricultural soils — a global layer of pollution spread by runoff, wind, and wastewater.

And they don’t stay outside us. These particles have been detected in human lungs, blood, and placentas, highlighting that the pollution we can’t see is already moving through the food chain and our own bodies.