I’m not sure why they chose a spoon, but the article is saying that it’s a plastic spoon worth of microplastics - not a spoonful, but the amount of plastic needed to make a plastic spoon. It’s an extremely confusing measure, and a bit much for my plastic addled brain

I’m legitimately concerned there’s a threshold for too many microplastics in the environment and that once we pass it life will become unsustainable.