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2. Marine plastic pollution - Wikipedia

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   Marine plastic pollution is a type of marine pollution by plastics, ranging in size from large original material such as bottles and bags, down to microplastics formed from the fragmentation of plastic material.

3. The Ocean Cleanup - Wikipedia

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   In June 2017, researchers published a paper in Nature Communications, with a model of the river plastic input into the ocean. Their model estimates that between 1.15 and 2.41 million metric tonnes of plastic enter the world's oceans every year, with 86% of the input stemming from rivers in Asia.

4. Plastic degradation by marine bacteria - Wikipedia

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   Plastic degradation in marine bacteria describes when certain pelagic bacteria break down polymers and use them as a primary source of carbon for energy.

5. Plastic entering oceans could nearly triple by 2040 if left ...

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   Marine plastic pollution could rise 2.6 fold by 2040 if legally binding global policies are not introduced, it predicted. The study looked at surface-level plastic pollution data from 11,777...

6. Seaweed and Peas? Finalists for Tom Ford Plastic Innovation ...

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   The Tom Ford Plastic Innovation Prize committee selected eight finalists for its polybag innovation competition. With plastic pollution a perpetual problem, the competition — a joint...

7. Global plastic pollution treaty - Wikipedia

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   On March 2, 2022, UN Member States voted at the resumed fifth UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-5.2) to establish an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) with the mandate of advancing a legally-binding international agreement on plastics. [1] [2] [3] The resolution is entitled “End plastic pollution: Towards an international legally ...