why are people more concerned about microplastics than regular plastic, doesn’t regular plastic also break down into smaller and smaller pieces?

Question

Like when people are worried about the microplastics in toothpaste, but not the plastic tube it comes in. Isn’t that tube going to break down into way more microplastics than the toothpaste itself contains?

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Answer 1

It’s way easier to spot and remove a toothpaste tube in your fish and chips than microplastics. People get way more concerned about stuff that directly affects them *now* than stuff that *may* affect them in the future.