Plastic pollution has been a growing issue to everyone and everywhere worldwide. The incorrect disposal of these materials and the damage caused by the incorrect disposal of plastic waste and their persistence in the environment has become a significant concern in the 21 st century. Remediation of plastic pollution has mainly focused on the cleanup and recycling of macroplastics, plastic pieces bigger than 5 mm, while the removal and recycling of smaller plastic pieces has received less attention. These small plastic pieces or particles of various shapes and sizes between 1 μm-5mm in diameter are called microplastics (MPs). They occur everywhere in the environment including air, drinking water, food, soil, and ocean. While microplastics as small as 1.6 μm have been detected in ocean water their uneven shapes suggest that fragmentation to yet smaller plastic particles is happening in the environment. Microplastics suspension in the world's ocean account for a greater amount of plastic pollution than the larger plastic items of marine debris. Based on previous scientific studies the mass of microplastics in the ocean is larger than that of macroplastics.