Table 1.

Concentrations of selected metals (mg metal/kg) in LDPE (virgin and recycled) microplastics. LOQ–Limit of Quantification. LOQ (Pb)= 0.01 mg/L. Data are given as AVG ± SD, n = 2.

	LDPE
Metal	Virgin	Recycled
P	1.28 ± 0.69	5.18 ± 1.26
K	6.89 ± 9.13	22.9 ± 11.2
Ca	5.85 ± 4.58	347 ± 2.86
Ti	0.11 ± 0.07	0.21 ± 0.29
Fe	0.45 ± 0.22	181 ± 16.8
Cu	0.73 ± 0.71	8.87 ± 5.95
Zn	3.30 ± 1.61	3.89 ± 0.57
Pb	<LOQ	0.55 ± 0.42