Greenpeace: new research shows that water in Hungary is polluted with microplastics

They said that there were a lot of microplastics in the Danube river, and even in the tap water in Budapest.

According to the findings of the latest research by Greenpeace, single-use plastic should be abolished from the market, and instead, everybody should use multiple-use plastic products, Greenpeace.org reported. Previous research found that there are microplastic particles even in the mineral waters of Hungary. Greenpeace expects that the Hungarian government will meet the goals the PM set in February regarding this issue and that it will start to create a sustainable economy that tries to save resources instead of wasting them.

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The organization entrusted WESSLING Hungary Ltd, an independent laboratory, to measure microplastics in the River Danube and in the tap water that is filtered from the river. Based on its findings, plastics like polyethylene and polypropylene are mainly responsible for the pollution

that can be found mostly in disposable plastic products.

Compared to previous research, this time, the amount of microplastic was three times higher: 147 per cubic metre. Interestingly, this was the first time that tap water was analysed: the laboratory took samples from two schools in North Buda and Csepel. In the former, there were 7, while in the latter, there were 10 plastic particles in the water analysed. This is lower than the results the organisation had in some other countries, but it is safe to say that