| Mostly nonbiodegradable, it remains in the marine environment for years, riding tides and currents to distant shores like a floating minefield. |
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| Since synthetic plastics are largely nonbiodegradable, they tend to persist in natural environments. |
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| Sewage backflows because of badly maintained and blocked sewers or because of increasing use of nonbiodegradable materials like plastic bags. |
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| In the case of the widely used antibiotic oxytetracycline, scientists say around 95 percent of this nonbiodegradable chemical finds its way into the wider environment. |
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| The interior of the inoculation room should consist of nonbiodegradable materials. |
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| Do not use products containing phosphates, chlorine, solvents, or nonbiodegradable or petroleum based products. |
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| The type of waste generated is changing, too — an increase in plastics, e-waste and other hazardous and nonbiodegradable materials will only exacerbate the crisis. |
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