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Marine debris, also
known as
marine litter, is human-created
solid material that has
deliberately or
accidentally been
released in seas or the ocean. Floating...
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which confirms that
mulching is a
major source of both
microplastic and
macroplastic soil contamination.
Agricultural plastics,
especially plastic films,...
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glitter and
microbeads from cosmetics. One
study found one-fifth of
macroplastics found in the
river were from food packaging.
There are
several watersports...
- J.; Anderson, Lucy G.; Rocliffe, Stephen; Loiselle,
Steven (2020). "
Macroplastic pollution in
freshwater environments:
Focusing public and
policy action"...
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directly enter the
marine environment,
posing a risk to
biota both as
macroplastics, and as
secondary microplastics following long-term degradation. Marine...
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Boyan (12
September 2019). "A
global m****
budget for
positively buoyant macroplastic debris in the ocean".
Scientific Reports. 9 (1): 12922. Bibcode:2019NatSR...
- ****top**** uptake.
Plastic is
ingested by
approximately 30% of all A. ferox.
Macroplastic fragments and rope
fragments were the most
commonly found plastic in...
- as of 2022, with
around 8 million
tonnes ending up in the
oceans as
macroplastics.
Approximately 1.5 million
tonnes of
primary microplastics end up in...
- environment.
Plastic pollution in the
oceans can be
classified by size:
macroplastic (>20 mm),
mesoplastic (5–20 mm),
microplastic (<5 mm), and nanoplastic...
- as of 2022, with
around 8 million
tonnes ending up in the
oceans as
macroplastics.
Approximately 1.5 million
tonnes of
primary microplastics end up in...
