OCEANATMOSPHERIC methaneEMISSION inventoriesMARINE pollutionCONFIDENCE intervalsMarine plastic pollution poses a potential threat to the ecosystem, but the sources and their magnitudes remain largely unclear. Existing bottom-up emission inventories vary among studies for two to three orders of magnitudes (OMs...
The Ocean Cleanup hopes for an ambitious treaty which addresses plastic pollution throughout its whole lifecycle, including legacy plastic already in the marine environment – from rivers, beaches and coastlines all the way to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This week representatives from states, ...
The rate at which plastic waste enters the ocean is substantially decreased. 2 Avoidable plastic products that commonly enter the ocean are eliminated. 3 Governments recognize that the diving community is critical in tracking the impact of the treaty. ...
The Ocean Cleanup and the United Nations Development Programme have joined forces to eliminate plastic pollution around the globe. General, Global affairs The Dutch State to support The Ocean Cleanup’s high seas activities Today, we entered into an agreement with the Netherlands relating to the dep...
Using our projections, we also demonstrate that the majority of MPW (91%) are transported via watersheds larger than 100 km2 suggesting that rivers are major pathways for plastic litter to the ocean.doi:10.1057/s41599-018-0212-7Laurent Lebreton...
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coastal communities annually. This has resulted in 86 million tons of plastic debris in the worldwide ocean. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated the problem, with a surge in demand for single-use protective equipment and packaging materials leading to higher amounts of plastic waste...
Top ocean pollution pointsCountry location[communities] Collection communities What is Plastic Bank’s impact in the Philippines? 2016 Philippines launch SOCIAL BENEFITS Grocery vouchers:Addressing poverty and hunger, this program offers monthly grocery e-vouchers via SMS for a year. It helps families...
“Once distributed in the ocean, plastic waste is almost impossible to retrieve,” said Heike Vesper, director of the Marine Programme, WWF Germany. “Targeting the causes of plastic pollution is far more effective than cleaning up afterwards.” Some industries, like construction, are already incre...
Plastic waste pollution has been identified as a serious global issue, posing environmental risks in terms of massive waste generation, ocean pollution, and increases in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Despite documented environmental impacts, it remains debatable whether the global plastic waste trade ...