Issue 06 | 2021
Governments and institutions have been scrambling to rectify the global environmental disaster caused by the accumulation of plastic waste. This plastic waste comes in macroscopic forms such as bottles, plastic bags, and polyester clothing. In the best-case scenario, it is regulated and dumped into overcrowded landfills or in the worst case, it escapes into the open environment as litter directly endangering the health and safety of wildlife and local populations [1]. Alarmingly an even more insidious type of plastic, ‘microplastic’, or plastic waste so small it is invisible to the eye, has been making headlines as it can be found in the water, soil, and even inside of our bodies [1]