granules
Controlled vocabulary defining the terms that may be used for micro-litter particle types in the EMODnet Chemistry data reporting system. The categories only reflect types based on morphological criteria (e.g. pellets, fragments, etc.) and all reference to the material they were made of was removed from this vocabulary as agreed in https://nvs-vocabs/EMODnetChemVocabs#19.
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EMODnet micro-litter types
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Natural Environment Research Council
Undefined micro-litter items
microplastic items
fragments
pellets
filaments
films
foams
non-plastic man-made micro-particles (e.g. glass, metal, tar)
non-plastic filaments (natural fibres, rubber)