Plastic pollution also affects the soil, the thin layer of ground that feeds all of us. For a long time, this terrestrial plastic has been overlooked. Now scientists are starting to investigate the extent and impacts of plastic pollution in the soil and in the ground. What do we know about them? In this episode, Anja talks to artist Saša Spačal from Slovenia, soil biologist Matthias Rillig from Germany, Brazilian environmental scientist Abel Machado and geologist Reinhold Leinfelder. She learns more about the potential impacts and traces plastic leaves behind in the ground.

The Plastisphere is a research and interview podcast by German freelance journalist Anja Krieger.

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Transcript with links and images: http://anjakrieger.com/plastisphere/2019/04/19/ep-6-transcript/

Music: Dorian Roy and Blue Dot Sessions www.sessions.blue/

Cover art: Maren von Stockhausen

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