Journal
JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Volume 9, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jmse9111289
Keywords
garbage patches; ocean pollution; gyres; plastic waste
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- European Union [860407]
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This paper reports on the increasing sizes of garbage patches and their environmental implications, urging for better plastic waste management to prevent ocean pollution. It also calls for concerted actions to clean up marine garbage and proposes potential future growth issues.
This Communication reports on the increases in the sizes of garbage patches, and their environmental implications, outlining the dimensions of what is a growing problem connected with the plastisphere. The paper presents some data on the distribution of garbage patches in the world's oceans and makes some predictions on future growth, which is partly associated with the future increases in worldwide plastics production. The findings demonstrate that the size of the main garbage patches is increasing, posing a threat to the environment and marine life. The paper urges for better plastic waste management to prevent it from reaching the oceans, along with concerted actions in respect of plastic collection and cleaning up the oceans, which may include new technological solutions.
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