date:Jul 12, 2023
maintaining agricultural production. They are used for various purposes, including soil moisture retention, soil warming/cooling and weed or pest control. Agricultural plastic use is increasing worldwide, with California being the largest user of agricultural plastic in the US, notes professor Sean Schaeffer from the department of biosystems engineering soil science at the University of Tennessee, US.
Research on the fate and transport of plastics in soil and water systems is relatively recent