Plastics often stay in the environment for a long time, especially fossil-fuel-based plastics as they don't degrade. For example, in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch 79,000 tonnes of floating plastic have gathered in a 1.6 million square km (about 618,000 square miles) area. Instead of ...
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Since the 1970s global production of plastics have increased by about 500%, about 225 million tons of plastic per year (Lebreton, Greer and Borrero 2012). Around that time, floating plastics were documented in the North Pacific and North Atlantic subtropical gyres for the first time (...
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Plastic production began in the early 1900s and it has transformed our way of life. Despite the many advantages of plastics, a massive amount of plastic waste is generated each year, threatening the environment and human health. Because of their pervasiv
ecosystem impacts; Great Pacific Garbage Patch; marine microplastic pollution; plastic accumulation; wildlife impacts1. Introduction Plastic pollution is one of the most pervasive and persistent threats to the global environment, especially to the marine ecosystems that cover more than 70% of the Earth...