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Microplastics

More than 7 trillion tiny pieces of plastic wash from city streets into the San Francisco Bay each year.

The term microplastics is defined as extremely small pieces of plastic debris in the environment resulting from the disposal and breakdown of consumer products and industrial waste. For more information on stormwater pollution prevention, visit www.cleancreeks.org.

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