Question

plastic disintegrate faster in land or water? Give reason.

Answer 1

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The rate of degradation of Plastics is more in water than at land.
This is because plastics, however, breaks down at cooler temperatures than expected and within a year of thrash decomposition plastics starting decomposing in oceans.

Answer 2

All plastics will fragment when exposed in the open environment, but the problem with conventional plastics is that their fragments will lie or float around for decades before becoming biodegradable. During that time they break down into microplastics and may attract toxins. Marine life often consume these microplastics, mistaking them for plankton, which can begin the process of toxins moving into the human food-chain.