Garbage Patches and Their Environmental Implications in a Plastisphere

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 ma...

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Autores principales:	Walter Leal Filho, Julian Hunt, Marina Kovaleva
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	garbage patches ocean pollution gyres plastic waste Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering VM1-989 Oceanography GC1-1581
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:6326ca73eca945888c9aaf9a18b346862021-11-25T18:05:07ZGarbage Patches and Their Environmental Implications in a Plastisphere10.3390/jmse91112892077-1312https://doaj.org/article/6326ca73eca945888c9aaf9a18b346862021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/9/11/1289https://doaj.org/toc/2077-1312This 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.Walter Leal FilhoJulian HuntMarina KovalevaMDPI AGarticlegarbage patchesocean pollutiongyresplastic wasteNaval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineeringVM1-989OceanographyGC1-1581ENJournal of Marine Science and Engineering, Vol 9, Iss 1289, p 1289 (2021)
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topic	garbage patches ocean pollution gyres plastic waste Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering VM1-989 Oceanography GC1-1581
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description	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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Garbage Patches and Their Environmental Implications in a Plastisphere

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