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Aquaculture and fisheries related plastic debris
Aquaculture produces a range of marine debris, depending on the product and location. A review of aquaculture as a source of marine litter in…
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Common causes of abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear
The potential for fishing gear to become ALDFG depends on a number of factors (UNEP 2020). For example: Environmental, Operational, Inadequite fisheries management and…
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Increase in use of plastic film mulch, China 1991-2014
In China the amount of plastic mulch used increased between 1991 and 2014 from 0.11 million tonnes to 1.4 million tonnes (which would cover…
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Plastics in agriculture
Plastic products are used extensively in agriculture, for example to increase crop yield and improve the efficiency of water and agrichemical use. “Agriplastic” products…
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Contamination by plastics used in agriculture
Agricultural plastics, especially plastic films, are not easy to recycle because of high contamination levels (up to 40-50% by weight contamination by pesticides, fertilizers,…
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Plastic packaging waste generation
Most plastic packaging is disposed of within a relatively short time. Discarded packaging accounts for 46% (158 million tonnes) of total annual plastic waste…
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The most common marine litter items found in coastal areas are plastic packaging
Most plastic packaging is disposed of within a relatively short time and is estimated to come from household waste. Waste plastic packaging makes up…
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Plastic packaging consumption
Plastic packaging is everywhere. It envelops many of the products we buy at the store and almost all those delivered to our front door.…
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Sources of microplastics
Microplastics are very small pieces of plastic commonly defined as less than 5 millimetres (mm) in size. They include nanoplastics, which are generally agreed…
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Global plastic waste generation
A large proportion of post-consumer plastic waste consists of plastic packaging. This packaging includes plastic bottles, pots, tubs and trays, plastic films (shopping bags,…
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Hazardous chemicals in plastics
A recent review by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) revealed that out of 3,377 chemicals potentially associated with plastic packaging and…
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Plastic additives
Every plastic item contains additives that determine the properties of the material and influence the cost of production (Stenmarck et al. 2017). Typical additives…