Massive plastic accumulation has been taking place across diverse landscapes since the
1950s, when large-scale plastic production started. Nowadays, societies struggle with …

Plastic pollution is a distinctive element of the globalized world. In fact, since the 1970s the
expansion and use of plastics, particularly in the consumer and commercial sectors, has …

Plastic contamination of aquatic environments from waste discharges, industrial raw
materials, manufactured pellets or fragments of fishing nets, is becoming a future research …

Microplastics are pollutants of emerging concern that have already gained significance in
recent years because of their recalcitrant nature and their detrimental effects on living beings …

Plastic production has increased dramatically, leading to accumulated plastic waste in the
ocean. Marine plastics can be broken down into microplastics (< 5 mm) by sunlight …

Millions of tons of plastics entering the sea each year are a substantial environmental
problem. It is expected that ocean plastic pollution will increase when considering the …

Synthetic plastics present in everyday materials constitute the main anthropogenic debris
entering the Earth's oceans. The oceans provide important and valuable resources such as …

The use of plastics in the present-day routine is an unavoidable part of human life. It is
posing a global environmental threat due to its never-ending accumulation. Complete …

Synthetic polymers, commonly named plastics, are among the most widespread
anthropogenic pollutants of marine, limnic and terrestrial ecosystems. Disruptive effects of …

Colonization of plastic marine debris by microorganisms has been firstly reported in the
1970s, where authors mention diatoms and other microbes on the debris (Carpenter et al …