Table 3 Number of average microplastics by shape and color in soils (particles/kg) according to types of land use (BL: Black; R: Red; G: Green; B: Blue; Y: Yellow; W: White; T: Transparent)
From: Distribution of microplastics in soil by types of land use in metropolitan area of Seoul
Land use type | Fragment | Film | Fiber | Sphere | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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BL | R | G | B | Y | W | BL | R | G | B | Y | W | T | BL | R | G | B | Y | W | T | BL | R | G | B | Y | W | T | |
Roadside | 3980 | 3 | 98 | 13 | 0 | 638 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 133 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Agricultural land | 5264 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Forest | 748 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Residential area | 3185 | 0 | 81 | 8 | 0 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 131 | 8 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Park | 2300 | 9 | 170 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 111 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |