Microplastic pollution was found in every UK lake, river and reservoir tested

3.3 pieces per litre

Falls of Dochart

2.4

Loch Lomond

Glasgow

>1,000

River Tame

Tameside

29.5

Ullswater

Lake District

Newcastle

84.8

River Irwell

Salford

15.1

River

Blackwater

Essex

Manchester

43.2

Llyn Cefni

Birmingham

76.9

Afon Cegin

Cardiff

7.6

Chester reedbed

84.1

River Thames

London

3.3 pieces per litre

Falls of Dochart

2.4

Loch Lomond

Glasgow

>1,000

River Tame

Tameside

29.5

Ullswater

Lake District

Newcastle

84.8

River Irwell

Salford

15.1

River

Blackwater

Essex

Manchester

43.2

Llyn Cefni

Birmingham

76.9

Afon Cegin

Cardiff

7.6

Chester reedbed

84.1

River Thames

London