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There is growing concern about microplastics and how the debris can be damaging to the environment, humans, and animals. The tiny particles can be as small as 5 millimeters, which to put that into perspective, is around the size of a pencil's eraser. They can even be as miniscule as one nanometer. To combat the microplastic problem, there's now a new plant-based plastic created by a high schooler that helps get rid of them.

18-year-old student Arya Satheesh, invented Eco Purge, a biodegradable plastic made out of plants. The plant-based biodegradable is more than just a new type of plastic, but one designed to rid the world of microplastics -– which have even been found in human brains . Once discarded, Eco Purge can take up to two weeks to degrade, and while it does, the plastic releases enzymes that break down surrounding PET plastics that may be trapped in the environment.…