Small bits of plastic are ubiquitous in saltwater and freshwater bodies in Southcentral Alaska and found even in some tap water, a new report says. The report shows that all of the samples taken last summer from 39 Southcentral water sources – ranging from lake and river sites in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough in the north to the waters off the southern coast of the Kenai Peninsula in the south – held tiny bits of plastic fiber. Additionally, about a third had bits of plastic film, which generally come from bags and packaging, and about a fifth had micro fragments, which are tiny bits broken off from harder plastics of plastic feedstock.