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Environment
Leaving a plastic legacy: Current and future scenarios for mismanaged plastic waste in rivers
2023
Björn Nyberg, Peter T. Harris, Thomas Maes
Environmental mitigation
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Future scenarios
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Plastic pollution
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Rivers
Environment
A critical review on recent research progress on microplastic pollutants in drinking water
2023
K. Nirmala, Gayathri Rangasamy, M. Ramya, V. Uma Shankar, G. Rajesh
Bioaccumulation
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Drinking water
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Food chain
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Microplastics
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Plastic pollution
Environment
How plastic debris and associated chemicals impact the marine food web: A review
2023
Elise M. Tuuri, Sophie C. Leterme
Environmental health
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Epiplastic communities
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Food web
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Marine Organisms
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Microplastic pollution
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Plastic consumption
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Plastic Contamination
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Plastic debris
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Plastic waste
Environment
Biodegradation of Different Types of Bioplastics through Composting—A Recent Trend in Green Recycling
2023
Aitizaz Ahsan, Adnan Hussain, Chitsan Lin, Minh Ky Nguyen
Aerobic composting
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Biopolymers
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Depolymerization
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Enzymes
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Sustainability
Environment
Plastic Waste: Challenges and Opportunities to Mitigate Pollution and Effective Management
2023
Md. Golam Kibria, Nahid Imtiaz Masuk, Rafat Safayet, Huy Quoc Nguyen, Monjur Mourshed
Climate Change
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Global warming
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Plastic waste
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Pollution mitiagation
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Sources
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Waste management
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Waste-to-energy
Environment
Plastics derived from disposable greenhouse plastic films and irrigation pipes in agricultural soils: a case study from Turkey
2022
Rezan Gündoğdu, Derya Önder, Sedat Gündoğdu, Claire Gwinnett
Adana/Karataş region
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Drip irrigation
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Low-tunnel greenhouse
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Plasticulture
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Soil pollution
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Terrestrial plastics
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Turkey
Environment
Effects of plastic mulching and plastic residue on agricultural production: A meta-analysis
2019
Haihe Gao, Changrong Yan, Qin Liu, Weili Ding, Baoqing Chen, Zhen Li
China
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meta-analysis
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Plastic film mulching
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Residual plastic film
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WUE
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Yield
Environment
Sustainable production of healthy, affordable food in the UK: The pros and cons of plasticulture
2022
Samuel J. Cusworth, William J. Davies, Martin R. McAinsh, Carly J. Stevens
Agriplastics
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Food
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Health Impact
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Plastic pollution
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Plasticulture
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United Kingdom
Environment
Plastics in agriculture- An environmental challenge
2022
Elaine Baker, Kristina Thygesen
biodegradable mulch
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Biodegradable plastics
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fertilizer
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Microplastics
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Soil
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wastewater treatment plants
Environment
Risk and uncertainty of plastic mulch adoption in raspberry production systems
2022
B. Madrid, J.R. Goldberger, C.A. Miles, L.W. DeVetter
Plasticulture
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Polyethylene mulch
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Risk management
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soil- biodegradable mulch
Environment
The occurence, speciation and ecological effect of plastic pollution in the bay ecosystem
2022
Yifan Tong, Lin Lin, Yi Tao, Yuxiong Huang , Xiaoshan Zhu
Bay
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Ecological risks
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Ecosystem
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Environmental occurrence
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plastics
Environment
Plastic in agricultural soils – A global risk for groundwater systems and drinking water supplies? – A review
2020
Philipp Wanner
Agricultural soil
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Enhanced pesticide transport
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Groundwater contamination
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Human health hazard
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Plastic particle mobility
Environment
Marine litter on the beaches of the Kanyakumari, Southern India: An assessment of their abundance and pollution indices
2022
Karthikeyan Perumal, Subagunasekar Muthuramalingam, Stella Chellaiyan
Clean Coast Index (CCI)
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India
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Kanyakumari beach
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Marine litter
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Plastic Abundance Index (PAI)
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plastics
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Tamil Nadu
Environment
Personal protective equipment (PPE) disposal during COVID-19: An emerging source of microplastic and microfiber pollution in the environment
2022
Muhammad Tariq Khan, Izaz Ali Shah, Md Faysal Hossain,Nasrin Akther, Yanbo Zhou,Muhammad Sajawal Khan, Muayad Al-shaeli, Muhammad Suleman Bacha, Ihsanullah Ihsanullah
COVID-19
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Health risks
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Microfibers
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Microplastics
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personal protective equipment
Environment
Impact of plastic mulching as a major source of microplastics in agroecosystems
2022
Noreen Khalid, Muhammad Aqeel, Ali Noman, Zarin Fatima Rizvi
Agroecosystems
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crop productivity
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Heavy metals
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microbial pathogens
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Microplastics
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persistent organic pollutants
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Plastic mulching
Environment
Microplastic intrusion into the zooplankton, the base of the marine food chain: Evidence from the Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean
2022
Prasun Goswami, Narasimman Selvakumar, Pankaj Verma, Mahua Saha, V. Suneel, Nambali Valsalan Vinithkumar, Gopal Dharani, Chayanika Rathore, Jibananand Nayak,
Arabian Sea
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Bioavailability
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Food web
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India
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Indian Ocean
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Ingestion
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Microplastics
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Zooplankton
Environment
Particulate plastics in drinking water and potential human health effects: Current knowledge for management of freshwater plastic materials in Africa
2023
Prosper Naah Angnunavuri, Francis Attiogbe, Bismark Mensah
Africa
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Drinking water
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Environmental epidemiology
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Human Health
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Plastic materials
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Toxicological hazards
Environment
Microplastic Pollution: A Brief Review of Its Source and Abundance in Different Aquatic Ecosytems
2022
Asifa Ashrafy, Afroza Akter Liza, Md Nazrul Islam, Md Morsaline Billah, Shaikh Tareq Arafat, Md Moshiur Rahman, Sheikh Mustafizur Rahman
Aquatic organisms
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Classification
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Detection
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marine pollution
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Toxicity
Environment
Microplastic contamination in commercial fish species in southern coastal region of India
2022
Thilagam Ramakrishnan, Madhuvandhi Janardhanam, Priya Sivakumar, Rekha Sivakumar, Krishnamurthy Rajamanickam, Thiagarajan Raman, Muthukumar Thangavelu, Govarthanan Muthusamy, Gopalakrishnan Singaram
Adyar
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Ennore
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Fish species
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Food safety
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Human Health
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India
|
Microplastics
Environment
Microplastic contamination and characteristics of agricultural groundwater in Haean Basin of Korea
2022
Jihye Cha, Jin-Yong Lee, Rogers Wainkwa Chia
Agricultural irrigation
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Fertilizers
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Groundwater
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Haean Basin
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Korea
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Microplastics
Environment
Seasonal distribution and abundance of microplastics in the coastal sediments of north eastern Arabian sea
2023
Udai Ram Gurjar, K. A. Martin Xavier, Satya Prakash Shukla, Suman Takar, Ashok Kumar Jaiswar, Geetanjali Deshmukhe, Binaya Bhushan Nayak
Anthropogenic
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Arabian Sea
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India
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Microplastics
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seasonal distribution
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sediments
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storm water
Environment
Spatial, seasonal and ecological risk assessment of microplastics in sediment and surface water along the Thoothukudi, south Tamil Nadu, south east India
2022
Kalaiselvan Keerthika, Pandurangan Padmavathy, Velu Rani, Robinson Jeyashakila, Samraj Aanand, Ranjeet Kutty
India
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Microplastics
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Monitoring and assessment
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Seasonal
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Spatial
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Surface water
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Tamil Nadu
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Thoothukudi
Environment
Anthropogenic marine litter: An approach to environmental quality for India’s southeastern Arabian Sea coast
2023
M. Mugilarasan, R. Karthik, R. S. Robin, B. Subbareddy, G. Hariharan, I. Anandavelu, T. P. S. Jinoj, R. Purvaja, R. Ramesh
Arabian Sea
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beach quality indices
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India
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Management measures
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Marine litter
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Numerical modelling
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Typology
Environment
Policy Brief: Role of chemicals and polymers of concern in the global plastics treaty
2023
Scientists' Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty; Wagner, Martin; Brander, Susanne M.; Almroth, Bethanie Carney; Courtene-Jones, Winnie; Fernandez, Marina; Groh, Ksenia; Gündoğdu, Sedat; Hartmann, Nanna B.; Weis, Judith
Environment
Governance
Characteristics of microplastics in the beach sediments of Marina tourist beach, Chennai, India
2022
S. Venkatramanan, S.Y. Chung, S. Selvam, K. Sivakumar, G.R. Soundhariya, Hussam Eldin Elzain, Md. Simul Bhuyan
Beach sediments
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Chennai
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India
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Marina beach
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Microplastics
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Particle colour
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Particle type
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Polymer components
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Polymer sediments
Environment
Microplastic pollution in coastal ecosystem off Mumbai coast, India
2022
Udai Ram Gurjar, K.A Martin Xavier, Satya Prakash Shukla, Ashok Kumar Jaiswar, Geetanjali Deshmukhe, Binaya Bhusan Nayak
India
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Marine biota
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Microplastics
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Mumbai
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Pollution
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Water and sediment
Environment
Personal protective equipment (PPE) pollution driven by the COVID-19 pandemic in coastal environment, Southeast Coast of India
2022
Kannan Gunasekaran, Bilal Mghili, Ayyappan Saravanakumar
COVID-19
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gloves
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India
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masks
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microplastic management
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PPE
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Tamil Nadu
Environment
Effects of Marine Littering and Sustainable Measures to Reduce Marine Pollution in India
2021
Satyanarayana Narra, Vicky Shettigondahalli Ekanthalu, Edward Antwi, Michael Nelles
India
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Marine litter
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marine plastic pollution
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Plastic Leakage
Environment
Litter and plastic monitoring in the Indian marine environment: A review of current research, policies, waste management, and a roadmap for multidisciplinary action
2022
Sanitha K. Sivadas, Pravakar Mishra, T. Kaviarasan, M. Sambandam, K. Dhineka, M.V. Ramana Murthy, Shailesh Nayak, David Sivyer, Danja Hoehn
Coastal
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India
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Monsoon
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policies
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Transport
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Waste management
Environment
Plastic pollution in marine and freshwater environments: abundance, sources, and mitigation
2022
Florin-Constantin Mihai, Sedat Gündoğdu, Farhan R. Khan, Arianna Olivelli, Laura A. Markley, Tim van Emmerik,
circular economy
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freshwater pollution
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marine pollution
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Microplastics
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Plastic pollution
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Waste management
Environment
Tides of Plastic: Using International Environmental Law to Reduce Marine Plastic Pollution
2022
McKayla McMahon
Australia
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Commitment and accountabillity
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Germany
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international environmental law
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Philippines
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Plastic pollution
Environment
The role of citizen science in addressing plastic pollution: Challenges and opportunities
2022
Sarah E. Nelms, Emily Easman, Nichola Anderson, Madeleine Berg, Sue Coates, Abigail Crosby, Sonja Eisfeld-Pierantonio, Lauran Eyles, Tony Flux, Emily Gilford, Claire Giner, Jasper Hamlet, Neil Hembrow, Jessica Hickie, Peter Hopkinson, Dan Jarvis, Jonathan Kearsley, Justine Millard, Fred Nunn, Emily Pollitt, Avril Sainsbury, Sue Sayer, Rory Sinclair, Amy Slack, Pat Smith, Rebecca Thomas, Jen Tyler, Richard Walker, Claire Wallerstein, Mark Ward, Brendan J. Godley
Beach cleans
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Citizen science
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Marine anthropogenic litter
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Participatory research
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Plastic pollution
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Policy
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Public engagement
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United Kingdom
Environment
Face masks related to COVID-19 in the beaches of the Moroccan Mediterranean: An emerging source of plastic pollution
2022
Bilal Mghili, Mohamed Analla, Mustapha Aksissou
COVID-19
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Mask
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Mediterranean
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Microplastics
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Morocco
|
Plastic pollution
Environment
Plastic pollution in the Arctic
2022
Melanie Bergmann, France Collard, Joan Fabres, Geir W. Gabrielsen, Jennifer F. Provencher, Chelsea M. Rochman, Erik van Sebille & Mine B. Tekman
aquatic systems
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Artic Plastic debris
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Canada
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Finland
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Greenland
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Iceland
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Microplastics
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Norway
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Russia
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Sweden
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terrestrial environment
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United States of America
Environment
Marine plastics in Mediterranean islands: Evaluating the distribution and composition of plastic pollution in the surface waters along four islands of the Western Sea Basin
2022
V. Fagiano, M. Compa, C. Alomar, K. García-Marcos, S. Deudero
Balearic Islands
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Columbretes Island
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Floating plastics
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Marine Protected Areas (MPAs)
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Parque Nacional Marítimo-Terrestre del Archipiélago de Cabrera
|
Western mediteranean seas
Environment
Plastic pollution pathways from marine aquaculture practices and potential solutions for the North-East Atlantic region
2022
Maggie Skirtun, Matthias Sandra, Wouter Jan Strietman, Sander W.K. van den Burg, Fien De Raedemaecker, Lisa I. Devriese
Environment
The past, present, and future of plastic pollution
2022
Allan T. Williams, Nelson Rangel-Buitrago
circular economy
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economic instruments
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Extended producer responsibility
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Litter
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plastics
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product design
Environment
Plastic pollution in the surface water in Jakarta, Indonesia
2022
Mega Mutiara Sari, Pertiwi Andarani, Suprihanto Notodarmojo, Regil Kentaurus Harryes, Minh Ngoc Nguyen, Kuriko Yokota, Takanobu Inoue
Indonesia
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Jakarta
|
Plastic litter
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Plastic pollution
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River
|
Surface water
Environment
Marine Plastic Pollution: Chemical aspects and possible solutions
2021
Hideshige Takada, Misaki Koro & Charita S. Kwan
Additive
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Anthropocene
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Endocrine disrupting additives
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Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs)
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marine plastic pollution
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Microplastics
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Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
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POPs
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Sediment
Environment
Deconstructing the Plastic Soup, Chapter 3 from the Book ‘Plastics and the Ocean: Origin, Characterization, Fate, and Impacts’
2022
Anna Schwarz, Tim van Emmerik; Book Editor: Anthony L. Andrady
Approaches for studying marine plastic pollution
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bridge method—feedback between methodologies
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emission source
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plastic pollution assessment
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polder method—a universal plastic pollution model
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the ferry method—input–output data sharing
Environment
The status of marine debris/litter and plastic pollution in the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME): 1980–2020
2022
La Daana K. Kanhai, Hamish Asmath, Judith F. Gobin
Caribbean
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Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem (CLME)
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Central America
|
Marine debris
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Marine litter
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Microplastics
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Plastic pollution
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several Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
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South America
Environment
Tracking the exposure of a pelagic seabird to marine plastic pollution
2022
Gabriela S Blanco, Mariano H. Tonini, Luciana Gallo, Giacomo Dell'Omo, Flavio Quintana
Argentine continental shelf
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Lagrangian simulation
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Marine debris circulation
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marine plastic pollution
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Patagonia
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Southern Giant Petrel
Environment
A decision framework for estimating the cost of marine plastic pollution interventions
2022
Erin L Murphy, Miranda Bernard, Gwenllian Iacona, Stephanie B. Borrelle, Megan Barnes, Alexis McGivern, Jorge Emmanuel, Leah R. Gerber
Bayawan
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ecological costs and benefits
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economic costs
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Maryland
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Negros Oriental
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Philippines
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Plastic pollution
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social costs
|
United States of America
Environment
Impact of coronavirus pandemic litters on microfiber pollution—effect of personal protective equipment and disposable face masks
2022
R. Rathinamoorthy and S. Raja Balasaraswathi
Corona virus
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COVID-19
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face masks
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littering
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litters
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microfiber pollution
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pandemic
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personal protective equipment
Environment
Spoilt – Ocean Cleanup: Alternative logistics chains to accommodate plastic waste recycling: An economic evaluation
2020
Andreas van Giezen and Bart Wiegmans
Economical Logistics
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Ocean cleanup
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plastic waste recycling
|
Sustainable logistics
Environment
Understanding the gap between formal and informal e-waste recycling facilities in India
2021
Deblina Dutta and Sudha Goel
authorized
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Delhi
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Dismantling
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e-waste recycling
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Gold
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health hazard
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India
|
Informal e-waste recycling
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Installed
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Installed capacity
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Karnataka
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Maharashtra
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metal recovery
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West Bengal
Environment
Estimation of the generation rate of different types of plastic wastes and possible revenue recovery from informal recycling
2018
Atul Kumar, S. R. Samadder, Nitin Kumar, Chandrakant Singh
Dhanbad
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India
|
Informal-recyclers
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Machine learning
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plastic waste generation rate
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recycling
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socioeconomic groups
Environment
Chronic exposure to heavy metals from informal e-waste recycling plants and children’s attention, executive function and academic performance
2020
Fitria Nurbaidah Soetrisno, Juana Maria Delgado-Saboritac
children
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Cognitive performance
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E-waste
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Heavy metals
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Indonesia
|
Informal recycling
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Soil
|
TMT test
|
Water
Environment
Is informal electronic waste recycling a newer source for atmospheric industrial persistent organic pollutants in Indian metropolitan cities?
2019
Balasubramanian Prithiviraj, Paromita Chakraborty
atmospheric
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India
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industrial
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Informal e-waste recycling
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persistent organic pollutants
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polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)
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polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
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Urban hotspots
Environment
Assessment of heavy metal contamination and health risk from indoor dust and air of informal E-waste recycling shops in Dhaka, Bangladesh
2021
Marfua Mowla, Ehsanur Rahman, Nafisa Islam, Nirupam Aich
Bangladesh
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Dhaka
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E-waste
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heavy metal
|
Informal recycling
Environment
IN-DEPTH, Plastic in the Ocean, PLASTIC WASTE IS FLOODING OUR OCEANS. IT’S NOW MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER TO REDUCE OUR PLASTIC FOOTPRINT WORLDWIDE
2019
Lorin Hancock, World Wildlife Magazine
Plastic footprint
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Plastic in the Ocean
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Plastic waste
Environment
What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050
2018
Silpa Kaza, Lisa Yao, Perinaz Bhada-Tata, and Frank Van Woerden With Kremena Ionkova, John Morton, Renan Alberto Poveda, Maria Sarraf, Fuad Malkawi, A.S. Harinath, Farouk Banna, Gyongshim An, Haruka Imoto, and Daniel Levine, World Bank Group
Plastic waste Management
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policy makers
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practitioners
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urban development
|
Waste management
|
World Bank Group
Environment
Disease-Causing Parasites May Hitch a Ride on Plastics and Spread in the Sea
2022
Karen Shapiro and Emma Zhang
biofilms
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Disease causing parasites
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Microplastics
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Pathogen
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Sea
Environment
ALLIANCE TO END PLASTIC WASTE PROGRESS REPORT 2021
2021
Alliance In Action
Alliance In Action
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Education
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Engagement
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Infrastructure
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Innovation
Environment
Scientists call for cap on production to end plastic pollution
2022
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
end plastic pollution
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global treaty on plastic pollution
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phasing out new plastics
Environment
Common Single-Use Consumer Plastic Products Release Trillions of Sub-100 nm Nanoparticles per Liter into Water during Normal Use
2022
Christopher D. Zangmeister, James G Radney, Kurt D Benkstein and Berc Kalnyan
aerosol
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consumer goods
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human consumption
|
Nanoplastics
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Water
Environment
Discovery and quantification of plastic particle pollution in human blood
2022
Heather A. Leslie, Martin J.M. van Velzen, Sicco H. Brandsma, A. Dick Vethaak, Juan J. Garcia-Vallejo, Marja H. Lamoree,
Blood
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Human whole blood
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Microplastics
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Nanoplastic
|
Netherlands
Environment
Plasticenta: First evidence of microplastics in human placenta
2021
Antonio Ragusa, Alessandro Svelato, Criselda Santacroce, Piera Catalano, Valentina Notarstefano, Oliana Carnevali, Fabrizio Papa, Mauro Ciro Antonio Rongioletti, Federico Baiocco, Simonetta Draghi, Elisabetta D'Amore, Denise Rinaldo, Maria Matta, Elisabetta Giorgini
Human placenta
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Italy
|
Microplastics
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Raman microspectroscopy
Environment
A review of research on marine plastics in Southeast Asia: Who does what?
2019
Youna Lyons, Theresa Linting Su and Mei Lin Neo
ASEAN
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Brunei Darussalam
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Cambodia
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Indonesia
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Lao PDR
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Malaysia
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Marine plastics
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Myanmar
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Philippines
|
Singapore
|
Southeast Asia
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Thailand
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Vietnam
Environment
Estimating marine plastic pollution from COVID-19 face masks in coastal regions
2021
Hemal Chowdhury, Tamal Chowdhury, Sadiq M. Sait
Coastal regions
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COVID-19
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Microplastic pollution
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Ocean
|
Waste management
Environment
Micro-plastic pollution along the Bay of Bengal coastal stretch of Tamil Nadu, South India
2021
T. G. Sunitha, V. Monisha, S. Sivanesan, M. Vasanthy, M. Prabhakaran, K. Omine, V. Sivasankar, A. Darchen
Bay of Bengal
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India
|
Marina beach
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Microplastics
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Microscopic quantification
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SEM/EDS
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South India
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Tamil Nadu
Environment
Baseline assessment of marine debris with soil, sediment, and water quality characteristics from the fish landing centres of South Andaman, Andaman archipelago, India
2021
K. Saravanan, R. Kiruba-Sankar, Md Junaid Khan, Aqsa Siraj Hashmi, A. Velmurugan, Harsha Haridas, Sreepriya Prakasan, R.P. Deepitha, M. Naga Venkat Laxmi
Andaman archipelago
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Andamans
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Fish landing centres
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India
|
Marine debris
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Plastic pollution
Environment
Assessment of marine microplastics in floating plastic debris using a fixed sampling device: the example of South Juhu creek, Mumbai coast, India
2021
S. Manickavasagam, S. P. Shukla, Saurav Kumar, Kundan Kumar and Rathi Bhuvaneswari
India
|
macroplastics
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Marine microplastics
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megaplastics
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Microplastic analysis
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Mumbai coast
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South Juhu creek
Environment
A comprehensive review on assessment of plastic debris in aquatic environment and its prevalence in fishes and other aquatic animals in India
2021
Ishrat Vasi Shaikh, Vasi Ahmed Ibrahim Shaikh
Aquatic environment
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Biota
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Ecotoxicity
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India
|
microplastic
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Plastic debris
Environment
The fundamental links between climate change and marine plastic pollution
2022
Helen V. Ford, Nia H. Jones, Andrew J. Davies, Brendan J. Godley, Jenna R. Jambeck, Imogen E. Napper, Coleen C. Suckling, Gareth J. Williams, Lucy C. Woodall, Heather J. Koldewey
Climate Change
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ecosystems
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Greenhouse gases
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Ocean
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Policy
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Pollution
Environment
Marine Litter Windrows: A Strategic Target to Understand and Manage the Ocean Plastic Pollution
2021
Andrés Cózar, Stefano Aliani, Oihane C. Basurko, Manuel Arias, Atsuhiko Isobe, Konstantinos Topouzelis, Anna Rubio and Carmen Morales-Caselles
Marine litter
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Ocean
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Plastic pollution
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Spatial Distribution
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Windrow
Environment
Reducing Ocean Plastics – Formative Research leading to Intervention Planning in India
2019
P Sheelanere, R Kumar, S Kumar, J Julian, A Latheef, N Raghunathan, V Vivekanandan, S Chakraborty
Government Private Sector Responses
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India
|
Indian Ocean
|
plastics
Environment
Assessment of certain Anthropogenic Interventions and their Impacts along the Indian Coastline
2012
P. Kaladharan, K. Vijayakumaran , V. V. Singh , P. S. Asha, Bindu Sulochanan, P. K. Asokan , K. K. Valsala , S. Veena, L. Jayasankaran and H. M. Bhint
Anthropogenic interventions
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Coastal anthropogenic activities
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habitat destruction
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heavy metal pollution
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India
|
Indian coast
|
non biodegradable materials
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plastics
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sand mining
|
sewage disposal
Environment
Plastic Debris in the Ocean: The Characterization of Marine Plastics and their Environmental Impacts, Situation Analysis Report
2014
Thevenon, F., Carroll C., Sousa J. (editors)
environmental impacts
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Marine plastics
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Ocean
|
Plastic debris
|
Situational Analysis
Environment
Breaking plastic wave : A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF PATHWAYS TOWARDS STOPPING OCEAN PLASTIC POLLUTION
2020
PEW Charitable Trust, SYSTEMIQ
circular economy
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Government policies
|
Ocean plastics
|
Plastic pollution
Environment
Exposure of coastal environments to river-sourced plastic pollution
2021
P. T. Harris, L. Westerveld, B. Nyberg, T. Maes, M. Macmillan-Lawler, L. R. Appelquist
coastal environments
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Estuarine
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exposure
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Mangrove
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Mangroves
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Plastic pollution
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River source
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river-borne plastic pollution
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Wave/tide
Environment
MARINE DEBRIS: UNDERSTANDING, PREVENTING AND MITIGATING THE SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE IMPACTS ON MARINE AND COASTAL BIODIVERSITY
2016
Secretariat of the Convention of Biological diversity
Coastal Biodiversity
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Impact
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Management tools
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Marine debris
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Modelling
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Prevention and mitigation
Environment
MARINE PLASTIC POLLUTION: ISSUES BRIEF, IUCN
2021
IUCN
Human Health
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IUCN
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marine plastic pollution
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Sustainable Development
Environment
Improving Resource Efficency to Combat Marine Plastic Litter
2019
OECD
marine plastic pollution
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Resource Efficency
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solutions
Environment
From Pollution to Solution: a global assessment of marine litter and plastic pollution
2022
UNEP
ecosystems
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humans
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Marine litter
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Plastic pollution
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wildlife
Environment
Abundance of non-conservative microplastics in the upper ocean from 1957 to 2066
2019
Isobe, A., Iwasaki, S., Uchida, K. and Tokai T.
Antarctica
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Japan
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Microplastic abundance
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Microplastic survey
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oceans
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Pacific Ocean
Environment
Multiple impacts of microplastics can threaten marine habitat-forming species
2021
Cinzia Corinaldesi, Sara Canensi, Antonio Dell’Anno, Michael Tangherlini, Iole Di Capua, Stefano Varrella, Trevor J. Willis, Carlo Cerrano & Roberto Danovaro
Atlantic Ocean
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marine habitat
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Mediterranean Sea
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Microplastics
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red coral
Environment
Distribution of microplastics in Surabaya River, Indonesia
2020
Prieskarinda Lestari, Yulinah Trihadiningrum, Bagas Ari Wijaya, Khalda Ardelia Yunus, Muhammad Firdaus
Characteristics
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Distribution
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Indonesia
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Microplastics
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Pollution
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Surabaya River
Environment
Evaluation of polypropylene plastic degradation and microplastic identification in sediments at Tambak Lorok coastal area, Semarang, Indonesia
2019
Adian Khoironi, Hadiyanto Hadiyanto, Sutrisno Anggoro, Sudarno Sudarno
Indonesia
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Microplastic Degradation
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Plastic cup
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polypropylene
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Semarang
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Tambak Lorok coastal area
Environment
Microplastic distribution in surface water and sediment river around slum and industrial area (case study: Ciwalengke River, Majalaya district, Indonesia)
2019
Firdha Cahya Alam, Emenda Sembiring, Barti Setiani Muntalif, Veinardi Suendo
Ciwalengke river
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Indonesia
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Majalaya district
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microplastic
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Sediment
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Slum area
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Textile industry
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Water
Environment
Spatial and temporal distribution of microplastic in surface water of tropical estuary: Case study in Benoa Bay, Bali, Indonesia
2021
Yulianto Suteja, Agus Saleh Atmadipoera, Etty Riani, I Wayan Nurjaya, Dwiyoga Nugroho, Muhammad Reza Cordova
Bali
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Benoa Bay
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Estuary
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Fragment
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Indonesia
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Landfill
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Marine debris
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Marine litter
Environment
Microplastic contamination in the Skipjack Tuna (Euthynnus affinis) collected from Southern Coast of Java, Indonesia
2021
Andreas, Tony Hadibarata, Palanivel Sathishkumar, Hafiizh Prasetia, Hikmat, Eka Dian Pusfitasari, Aprilia Nur Tasfiyati, Dian Muzdalifah, Joko Waluyo, Ahmad Randy, Dillani Putri Ramadhaningtyas, Oman Zuas, Ajeng Arum Sari
Fish
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Indonesia
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Java
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marine pollution
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Microplastics
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Polybrominated diphenyl ethers
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Skipjack tuna
Environment
Differential enrichment and physiological impacts of ingested microplastics in scleractinian corals in situ
2020
Jia Tang, Zhongjie Wu, Lu Wan, Wenqi Cai, Shiquan Chen, Xingjuan Wang, Jian Luo, Zhi Zhou, Jianmin Zhao, Senjie Lin
Apoptosis
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China
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Hainan Island
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microplastic
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Reef-dweller
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Scleractinian coral
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Symbiosis
Environment
A probabilistic risk assessment of microplastics in soil ecosystems
2020
O. Jacques, R.S. Prosser
Plants
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polyethylene
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polypropylene
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Soil invertebrates
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Soil microbial community
Environment
Effects of microplastics on the functional traits of aquatic benthic organisms: A global-scale meta-analysis
2021
M. Berlino, M.C. Mangano, C. De Vittor, G. Sarà
benthic organisms
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ecological level
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freshwater marine
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functional traits
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meta-analysis
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Microplastics
Environment
Plastics in the Pacific: Assessing risk from ocean debris for marine birds in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem
2020
Thomas P. Good, Jameal F. Samhouri, Blake E. Feist, Chris Wilcox, Jaime Jahncke
California
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California Current Large Marine Ecosystem
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ExposureSensitivity
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Marine birds
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Pacific
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Plastic
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Risk Assessment
Environment
Polystyrene nanoplastics cause growth inhibition, morphological damage and physiological disturbance in the marine microalga Platymonas helgolandica
2020
Shuyu Wang, Minhao Liu, Jinman Wang, Jingshan Huang, Jun Wang
Growth inhibition
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Morphological changes
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Photosynthetic efficiency
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Platymonas helgolandica
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Polystyrene nanoplastics
Environment
Evidence of microplastics in wetlands: Extraction and quantification in Freshwater and coastal ecosystems
2021
Rakesh Kumar, Prabhakar Sharma, Somnath Bandyopadhyay
Coastal
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Density separation
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Freshwater
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Microplastic pollution
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Wetland
Environment
The impacts of polyethylene terephthalate microplastics (mPETs) on ecosystem functionality in marine sediment
2020
Yuxi You, Simon F. Thrush, Julie A. Hope
Bioturbation
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Canonical principle of coordinate analysis
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Ecosystem functions
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Macomona liliana
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Microplastics
Environment
Holistic assessment of microplastics in various coastal environmental matrices, southwest coast of India
2019
R. S. Robin, R. Karthik, R. Purvaja, D. Ganguly, I. Anandavelu, M. Mugilarasan, R. Ramesh
Beach sediment
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Coastal water
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Fish
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India
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Kerala
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Metal concentration
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Microplastics
Environment
Characterization and distribution of microplastics and plastic debris along Silver Beach, Southern India
2020
A.Vidyasakar, S.Krishnakumar, K.Kasilingam, K.Neelavannan, V. Arun Bharathi, Prince S.Godson, K.Prabha, N.S.Magesh
FTIR
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Gadilam river
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India
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Microplastics
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Plastic debris
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Silver beach
Environment
Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly accumulating plastic
2018
L. Lebreton, B. Slat, F. Ferrari, B. Sainte-Rose, J. Aitken, R. Marthouse, S. Hajbane, S. Cunsolo, A. Schwarz, A. Levivier, K. Noble, P. Debeljak, H. Maral, R. Schoeneich-Argent, R. Brambini and J. Reisser
California
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Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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Hawaii
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marine pollution
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Ocean Plastic
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Pacific Ocean
Environment
Microplastics affect sedimentary microbial communities and nitrogen cycling
2020
Seeley, M.E., Song, B., Passie, R. and Hale, R.C.
ecological effects
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microbes
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Microplastics
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nitrogen cycling
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U.S.A.
Environment
Plastic waste interferes with chemical communication in aquatic ecosystems
2019
Trotter, B., Ramsperger, A.F.R.M., Raab, P., Haberstroh, J., and Laforsch, C.
Germany
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HDPE
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PET
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Plastic waste
Environment
Indonesia Marine Debris Hotspots Rapid Assessment – Synthesis Report
2018
World Bank
Indonesia
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Marine debris hotspots
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Marine plastic survey
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rapid assessment
Environment
Ocean plastic crisis—Mental models of plastic pollution from remote Indonesian coastal communities
2020
Phelan A, Ross H, Setianto NA, Fielding K, Pradipta L
Indonesia
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marine ecosystems
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Marine plastic
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Sulawesi
Environment
An assessment of microplastics in the ecosystem and selected commercially important fishes off Kochi, south eastern Arabian Sea, India
2020
James, Keziya; Vasant, Kripa; Padua, Shelton; Gopinath, Vineetha; Abilash, K. S.; Jeyabaskaran, R.; Babu, Akhil; John, Seban
India
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Kochi
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microplastic ingestion
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microplastics in India
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Pelagic ecosystem
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south eastern Arabian Sea
Environment
Assessment of potential ecological risk of microplastics in the coastal sediments of India: A meta-analysis
2021
M. Ranjani, S. Veerasingam, R. Venkatachalapathy, M. Mugilarasan, Andrei Bagaev, Vladimir Mukhanov, P. Vethamony
India
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Indian coastal pollution
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Microplastics
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pollution load index
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polymer hazard index
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potential ecological risk index
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sediments
Environment
Riverine plastic pollution from fisheries: Insights from the Ganges River system
2021
Nelms, Sarah E.; Duncan, Emily M.; Patel, Surshti; Badola, Ruchi; Bhola, Sunanda; Chakma, Surfarsha; Chowdhury, Gawsia Wahidunnessa; Godley, Brendan J.; Haque, Alifa Bintha; Johnson, Jeyaraj Antony; Khatoon, Hina; Kumar, Sumit; Napper, Imogen E.; Niloy, Md Nazmul Hasan; Akter, Tanjila; Badola, Srishti; Dev, Aditi; Rawat, Sunita; Santillo, David; Sarker Subrata; Sharma, Ekta; Koldewey, Heather
Abandoned lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG)
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Bangladesh
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Biodiversity threat assessment
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Entanglement
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freshwater turtle
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Ganges river dolphin
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India
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otter
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Pollution from fisheries
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River catchments
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Riverine Plastic Pollution
Environment
Microplastic pollution in Vembanad Lake, Kerala, India: The first report of microplastics in lake and estuarine sediments in India
2016
Sruthy, Shini & Ramasamy, E.V.
Emerging pollutant
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India
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Kerala
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Micro Raman spectroscopy
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Microplastics
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Plastic debris
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Ramsar site
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Vembanad Lake
Environment
Prevalence of marine litter along the Indian beaches: A preliminary account on its status and composition
2017
P, Kaladharan & Vijayakumaran, Kandachamy & Singh, Veerendra & Prema, D. & P S, Asha & Sulochanan, Bindu & Hemasankari, P. & Edward, Loveson & Padua, Shelton & Shettigar, Veena & Anasukoya, Ashiyoda & Bhint, H.
Andaman
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Andhra Pradesh
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Beach litter
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Coastal debris
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E-waste
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Goa
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Gujarat
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India
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Ingestion
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Karnataka
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Kerala
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Lakshadweep
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Maharashtra
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Odisha
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Plastic pollution
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Tamil Nadu
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West Bengal
Environment
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