Applied Biological Chemistry

Table 4 Numbers of microplastics less than 500 µm in 10 g roadside soils (particles/kg)

From: Distribution of microplastics in soil by types of land use in metropolitan area of Seoul

	Microplastics
	Total	PE	PP	PS	PET	PA	PMMA	PVC	CA	PLA
> 500	10	0	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
300–500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
100–300	16	2	2	0	0	0	2	4	2	4
50–100	12	0	4	0	2	0	6	0	0	0
20–50	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Total	42	2	16	0	2	0	12	4	2	4

PE polyethylene, PP polypropylene, PS polystyrene, PET polyethylene terephthalate, PA polyacrylate, PMMA polymethyl methacrylate, PVC polyvinyl chloride, CA cellulose acetate, PLA polylactide

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