Human populations are using oceans as their household dustbins, and microplastic is one
of the components which are not only polluting shorelines but also freshwater bodies …

This review article summarises the sources, occurrence, fate and effects of plastic waste in
the marine environment. Due to its resistance to degradation, most plastic debris will persist …

Global coastlines potentially contain significant amounts of plastic debris, with harmful
implications for marine and coastal ecosystems, fisheries and tourism. However, the global …

Marine debris is commonly observed everywhere in the oceans. Litter enters the seas from
both land-based sources, from ships and other installations at sea, from point and diffuse …

Pre-production pellets are an abundant form of plastic waste in the marine environment
whose principal impacts arise from inadvertent ingestion by various organisms when …

Marine plastic pollution is present in all oceans, including remote oceanic islands. Despite
the increasing number of articles on plastic pollution in the last years, there is still a lack of …

The human population generates vast quantities of waste material. Macro (> 1 mm) and
microscopic (< 1 mm) fragments of plastic debris represent a substantial contamination …

The deleterious effects of plastic debris on the marine environment were reviewed by
bringing together most of the literature published so far on the topic. A large number of …

The history of aquatic environmental pollution goes back to the very beginning of the history
of human civilization. However, aquatic pollution did not receive much attention until a …

Plastic debris is ubiquitous in the marine environment and the world's shores represent a
major sink. However, knowledge about plastic abundance in remote areas is scarce …