Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

Science

Volumn 347, Issue 6223, 2015, Pages 768-771

  Jambeck, Jenna R ^a   Geyer, Roland ^b   Wilcox, Chris ^c   Siegler, Theodore R ^d   Perryman, Miriam ^a   Andrady, Anthony ^e   Narayan, Ramani ^f   Law, Kara Lavender ^g  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d DSM Environmental Services   (United States)

^e North Carolina State University   (United States)

^f Michigan State University   (United States)

^g Sea Education Association   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE; SEA WATER; WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT;

DEBRIS FLOW; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MAGNITUDE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PLASTIC WASTE; POPULATION SIZE; PREDICTION; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LANDFILL; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OCEAN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEA POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED; WEATHERING; POLLUTION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLASTICS; SEAWATER; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84923095173     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1260352     Document Type: Article

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