Plastic pollution is now pervasive in the Arctic, even in areas with no apparent human
activity, such as the deep seafloor. In this Review, we describe the sources and impacts of …

The discovery of atmospheric micro (nano) plastic transport and ocean–atmosphere
exchange points to a highly complex marine plastic cycle, with negative implications for …

As global awareness, science, and policy interventions for plastic escalate, institutions
around the world are seeking preventative strategies. Central to this is the need for precise …

The present world is now facing the challenge of proper management and resource
recovery of the enormous amount of plastic waste. Lack of technical skills for managing …

Plastic pollution accumulating in an area of the environment is considered “poorly
reversible” if natural mineralization processes occurring there are slow and engineered …

Plastics are a ubiquitous class of synthetic polymer materials used in virtually all commercial
and industrial sectors. The majority of global plastics consists of polymers with carbon …

Plastic waste are introduced into the environment inevitably and their exposure in the
environment causes deterioration in mechanical and physicochemical properties and leads …

Background: Plastics have conveyed great benefits to humanity and made possible some of
the most significant advances of modern civilization in fields as diverse as medicine …

Plastic pollution and climate change have commonly been treated as two separate issues
and sometimes are even seen as competing. Here we present an alternative view that these …

The surge of research on marine litter is generating important information on its inputs,
distribution and impacts, but data on the nature and origin of the litter remain scattered …