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submitted 3 months ago by just_another_person to c/science

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago (2 children)

plastic film used as mulch in agriculture

Wtf. Where and why?!

[–] [email protected] 65 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

It's the black plastic bag material that people used to cover their soil and poke holes through for their crops.

I never thought it was called plastic mulch though.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It serves the same purpose as actual mulch, which is blocking out weeds

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but mulch has the meaning of ground up wood, so I think most people would think it was ground up plastics.

[–] capital_sniff 0 points 3 months ago

If it was ground up plastic it would probably just get carried off by the wind.

[–] tb_ 5 points 3 months ago

Or plastic greenhouses

[–] ikidd 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Like, everywhere?