‘Disastrous’ plastic use in farming threatens food safety – UN

Food and Agriculture Organization says most plastics are burned, buried or lost after use

The disastrous" way in which plastic is used in farming across the world is threatening food safety and potentially human health, according to a report from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization.

It says soils contain more microplastic pollution than the oceans and that there is irrefutable" evidence of the need for better management of the millions of tonnes of plastics used in the food and farming system each year.