Reduce plastic and microplastic input to the marine environment by ...

We will: -enhance the waste collection in near-shore recreational areas, such as beaches, that are currently a major source of marine litter.

The Story of Plastic Pollution: From the Distant Ocean Gyres to the ...

Thus, some of the ocean's hotspots for plastic contamination (e.g., Mediterranean Sea and Yellow Sea) are currently at risk from microplastic ...

Marine litter plastics and microplastics and their toxic chemicals ...

The adoption of new guidelines on environmental sound management of plastic and plastic containing wastes, with a view to minimize the ...

River export of macro- and microplastics to seas by sources worldwide

Strategies for diffuse sources could be a better collection of solid waste and a ban on single-use plastic products to avoid macroplastics in ...

Microplastics pose risk to ocean plankton, climate, other key Earth ...

The production and release of vast amounts of plastic into marine ecosystems is now being recognized as a key potential threat to environmental ...

Microplastics in the marine environment: A review of their sources ...

Almost 360 million tonnes of plastics were produced in 2018 [1] and by 2050 production is expected to intensify to 2000 million tonnes [2]. Whilst plastic ...

Plastic Pollution - - California Ocean Protection Council - CA.gov

California has become a leader in preventing ocean litter by passing a ban on single-use plastic bags; banning microplastics in wash-off products.

Solutions and Integrated Strategies for the Control and Mitigation of ...

Reducing plastic litter inputs by source-reduction and waste management is one of the most valuable solutions to restore the oceans [3,16,31,32,33]. An ...

Microplastics in the ocean: Full extent still not foreseeable

Reducing the open use of plastics in the marine/coastal environment (e.g. geotextiles, corrosion protection of offshore installations); ...

Microplastics from textiles: towards a circular economy for textiles in ...

Microplastics can be released directly into the environment or can result from the degradation of larger pieces of plastic. The wearing and ...

WG 40: Plastics and micro-plastics in the ocean - GESAMP

... prevent the accumulation and minimize the level of microplastics in the marine environment;. (c) Recommendations for the most urgent actions;. (d) ...

Ecological Aspects of Microplastics | JPI Oceans

Concepts to reduce inputs of plastics into the marine environment including through new recycling methods, raising public awareness, promoting behavioural ...

Plastic pollution solutions: emerging technologies to prevent and ...

One solution is the development and mobilization of technologies that either 1) prevent plastics from entering waterways or 2) collect marine and riverine ...

Marine microplastics as vectors of major ocean pollutants and its ...

Microplastic is defined as a plastic material with an average size of less than 5 mm. The fragmentation of larger plastic in the environment is ...

Visual Feature | Beat Plastic Pollution - UNEP

Systemic change is needed to stop the flow of plastic waste ending up in the environment. Of the seven billion tonnes of plastic waste generated globally so far ...

Marine litter plastics and microplastics and their toxic chemicals ...

Encouraging plastic waste recycling when feasible. Promoting BATs to reduce plastic leakage to oceans and improving information on input loads, ...

Microplastics in our oceans and marine health - OpenEdition Journals

This would stimulate various innovations to reduce the utilization and consumption of plastic and its products. To minimize the plastic input into the ecosystem ...

Governance Strategies for Mitigating Microplastic Pollution in ... - MDPI

Plastic production has increased 20-fold since the first mass production [2]. Irrespective of efforts to reduce or remove plastic litter in marine ecosystems, ...

Sources of microplastics and their distribution in the environment

Plastic pellets are also used as an abrasive material in industrial processes and are common in blasting media and scrubbers for machinery and other metallic ...

Recovery from microplastic-induced marine deoxygenation may ...

Despite this persistence, the frequently posited solution to halting its global spread and possibly negative environmental effects is relatively ...