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Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank (3) in the following passage. Plastic pollution is ______ (1) by the accumulation of plastic waste ______ (2) the environment. It can be ______ (3) in primary plastics, such as cigarette butts and bottle caps, or secondary plastics, resulting ______ (4) the degradation of the primary ones. It can also be defined by its size, from microplastics - small particles (less than 5 mm) of plastic ______ (5) in the environment - to macroplastics.