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Marine litter distribution and density in European seas, from the shelves to deep basins. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Anthropogenic litter is present in all marine habitats, from beaches to the most remote points in the oceans. On the seafloor, marine litter, particularly plastic, can accumulate in high densities with deleterious consequences for its inhabitants.
Christopher K Pham, Eva Ramirez-Llodra, Claudia H S Alt, Teresa Amaro, Melanie Bergmann, Miquel Canals, Joan B Company, Jaime Davies, Gerard Duineveld, François Galgani, Kerry L Howell, Veerle A I Huvenne, Eduardo Isidro, Daniel O B Jones, Galderic Lastras, Telmo Morato, José Nuno Gomes-Pereira, Autun Purser, Heather Stewart, Inês Tojeira, Xavier Tubau, David Van Rooij, Paul A Tyler   +22 more
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The links between marine plastic litter and the air-sea flux of greenhouse gases [PDF]

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
Climate change and plastic pollution are two of the most pressing environmental challenges caused by human activity, and they are directly and indirectly linked.
Lonneke Goddijn-Murphy, David K. Woolf, Ryan Pereira, Christa A. Marandino, Adrian H. Callaghan, Jacek Piskozub   +5 more
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BePLi Dataset v1: Beach Plastic Litter Dataset version 1 for instance segmentation of beach plastic litter

Data in Brief, 2023
Marine plastic pollution is a pressing global issue nowadays. To address this problem, automated image analysis techniques that can identify plastic litter are necessary for scientific research and coastal management purposes.
Mitsuko Hidaka, Koshiro Murakami, Kenta Koshidawa, Shintaro Kawahara, Daisuke Sugiyama, Shin'ichiro Kako, Daisuke Matsuoka   +6 more
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Evaluation of the exposure of the Mediterranean biodiversity to marine litter: the ASI – plastic busters MPAs projects connection [PDF]

Frontiers in Marine Science
A number of marine species in the Mediterranean are threatened by the presence of several pressure factors, which include climate change, collisions with vessels, entanglement and ingestion of marine litter, especially plastic.
Massimo Perna, Carlo Brandini, Carlo Brandini, Michele Bendoni, Chiara Lapucci, Chiara Lapucci, Francois Galgani, Simone Panigada, Ana Cañadas, Cristina Panti, Cristina Panti, Maria Cristina Fossi   +11 more
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Industrial optical sorting for marine plastic litter management

Waste Management Bulletin
The aim of this study is to evaluate the possibility of incorporating marine litter from the coast into the management system of the non-selectively collected fraction of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW).
A. Mendoza, G. Kortaberria, D. Carrero, A. Latorre, O.C. Basurko, C. Peña-Rodríguez   +5 more
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Legal Instruments on Marine Plastic Litter in the EU and ASEAN

Jurnal Hukum Internasional
Marine plastic litter represents a transboundary and oceanic health concern that has emerged as a collective responsibility of all countries. Consequently, all countries, including regional member states, must collaborate to assume an active role in ...
Muhammad Insan Tarigan
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Towards more sustainable oceans: A review of the pressing challenges posed by marine plastic litter. [PDF]

Waste Manag Res
Marine littering is a global challenge and a significant threat to a sustainable planet, requiring comprehensive and effective mechanisms to address it in a comprehensive manner.
Leal Filho W, Barbir J, May J, May M, Swart J, Yang P, Dinis MAP, Aina YA, Bettencourt S, Charvet P, Azadi H.   +10 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

Impacts of marine litter on cetaceans: a focus on plastic pollution

, 2018
Marine litter has become a pervasive pollution problem affecting all of the world's seas. It is widely documented that marine litter, in particular plastic, has negative impacts on marine wildlife, primarily due to ingestion and entanglement. Since most cetacean species (more than 66%) are adversely affected by this pollution, this chapter is devoted ...
Fossi, Maria Cristina, Baini, Matteo, Panti, Cristina, Baulch, Sarah   +3 more
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Marine Plastic Pollution - Evidence Review [PDF]

, 2020
This review has been prepared for the Defra Marine Litter Policy team in order to provide a summary of evidence of relevance to addressing marine plastic pollution.
Brighty, GB, Thompson, R
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Recycled electronic plastic and marine litter [PDF]

Science of The Total Environment, 2019
Black consumer plastics are often contaminated with hazardous chemicals because of technological constraints on sorting dark plastic during recycling of municipal waste coupled with the convenience of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) as a secondary source of black plastic.
Emma J. Shaw, Andrew Turner
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