Managing marine plastic pollution: Policy initiatives to address wayward waste

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2015, Pages A90-A93

  Tibbetts, John H ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC;

AQUACULTURE; CITY PLANNING; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LANDFILL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SPECIES; NOTE; OXIDATION; PACKAGING; PLASTIC BOTTLE; POLLUTION CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SHIP; SUNLIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; POLLUTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SEA; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; OCEANS AND SEAS; PLASTICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84926052488     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.123-A90     Document Type: Note

References (28)

1. International Coastal Cleanup. Turning the Tide on Trash: 2014 Report. Washington, DC:Ocean Conservancy (undated). Available: http://goo.gl/oae7kJ [accessed 30 March 2015].
2. Seltenrich N. New link in the food chain? Marine plastic pollution and seafood safety. Environ Health Perspect 123(2):A34–A41 (2015); doi:10.1289/ehp.123-A34.
3. UNEP and NOAA. The Honolulu Strategy: A Global Framework for Prevention and Management of Marine Debris. Nairobi, Kenya and Washington, DC:United Nations Environment Programme and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (undated). Available: http://goo.gl/r5LhKe [accessed 30 March 2015].
4. Jambeck JR, et al. Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean. Science 347(6223):768–771 (2015); doi:10.1126/science.1260352.
5. Lechner A, et al. The Danube so colourful: a potpourri of plastic litter outnumbers fish larvae in Europe’s second largest river. Environ Pollut 188:177–181 (2014); doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2014.02.006.
6. Thompson RC, et al. Marine Debris as a Global Environmental Problem. Washington, DC:Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel, Global Environment Facility (2011). Available: http://goo.gl/VixKsS [accessed 30 March 2015].
7. NOAA. NOAA Removes 57 Tons of Marine Debris from Northwestern Hawaiian Islands [press release]. Washington, DC:National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (28 October 2014). Available: http://1.usa.gov/1wJKfQ2 [accessed 30 March 2015].
8. FIG. FIG Publication No. 48: Rapid Urbanization and Mega Cities: The Need for Spatial Information Management. Copenhagen, Denmark:International Federation of Surveyors (FIG) (January 2010). Available: http://goo.gl/VxDZsW [accessed 30 March 2015].
9. WPR. Country Populations 2014 [website]. World Population Review (2015). Available: http://goo.gl/4cijm2 [accessed 30 March 2015].
10. Lindhqvist T, Lidgren K. Modeller för förlängt producentansvar [Models for Extended Producer Responsibility] [in Swedish]. In Ministry of the Environment, Från vaggan till graven—sex studier avvarors miljöpåverkan [From the cradle to the grave—six studies of the environmental impact of products] (7–44). DS1991:9. Stockholm, Sweden:Ministry of the Environment (1990).
11. Sachs NM. Planning the funeral at the birth: extended producer responsibility in the European Union and the United States. Harvard Environ Law Rev 30:51–98 (2006); http://goo.gl/PMKPB8.
12. CRI. Bottle Bill Resource Guide [website]. Culver City, CA:Container Recycling Institute (2015). Available: http://goo.gl/ymO7l [accessed 30 March 2015].
13. WTERT. Energy Recovery—European Countries [website]. New York, NY:Waste-to-Energy Research and Technology Council, Columbia University (2015). Available: http://goo.gl/uhhv0j [accessed 30 March 2015].
14. PlasticsEurope. Plastics—the Facts 2014/2015. An Analysis of European Plastics Production, Demand and Waste Data. Brussels, Belgium:PlasticsEurope (2015). Available: http://goo.gl/vhcbEL [accessed 30 March 2015].
15. EPA. Municipal Solid Waste Generation, Recycling, and Disposal in the United States: Facts and Figures for 2012 [fact sheet]. Washington, DC:U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (February 2014). Available: http://goo.gl/pPLVLl [accessed 30 March 2015].
16. Cefic. PlasticsEurope’s interview about “Zero Plastics to Landfill by 2020: A clear target” [weblog entry]. Brussels, Belgium:The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) (undated). Available: http://goo.gl/i9XuYP [accessed 30 March 2015].
17. Guilford G. Trashed: a lot of US plastic isn’t actually being recycled since China put up its Green Fence. Quartz, Obsessions section (16 September 2013). Available: http://goo.gl/Sqt94a [accessed 30 March 2015].
18. 5% decline in US plastics scrap exports. Recycling International, News section, Plastic & Rubber subsection (18 February 2014). Available: http://goo.gl/naa1ju [accessed 30 March 2015].
19. APR and ACC. 2013 United States National Post-Consumer Plastics Bottle Recycling Report. Washington, DC:The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers and the American Chemistry Council (2014). Available: http://goo.gl/tlK0Da [accessed 30 March 2015].
20. Moore Recycling Associates, Inc. 2013 National Postconsumer Plastic Bag & Film Recycling Report. Sonoma, CA:Moore Recycling Associates, Inc. (February 2015). Available: http://goo.gl/vfUZJS [accessed 30 March 2015].
21. Ocean Conservancy. Trash Free Seas Alliance [website]. Washington, DC:Ocean Conservancy (2015). Available: http://goo.gl/os1lXj [accessed 30 March 2015].
22. Zettler ER, et al. Life in the “plastisphere”: microbial communities on plastic marine debris. Environ Sci Technol 47(13):7137–7146 (2013); doi:10.1021/es401288x.
23. Davison P, Asch RG. Plastic ingestion by mesopelagic fishes in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 432:173–180 (2011); doi:10.3354/meps09142.
24. Murray F, Cowie PR. Plastic contamination in the decapod crustacean Nephrops norvegicus (Linnaeus, 1758). Mar Pollut Bull 62(6):1207–1217 (2011); doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.03.032.
25. Cole M, et al. Microplastic ingestion by zooplankton. Environ Sci Technol 47(12):6646–6655 (2013); doi:10.1021/es400663f.
26. Müller JF, et al. Partitioning of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the polyethylene/ water system. Fresenius J Anal Chem 371(6):816–822 (2001); doi:10.1007/s002160101025.
27. Pascall MA, et al. Uptake of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from an aqueous medium by polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, and polystyrene films. J Agric Food Chem 53(1):164–169 (2005); doi:10.1021/jf048978t.
28. EPA. Summary of Expert Discussion Forum on Possible Human Health Risks from Microplastics in the Marine Environment. EPA Forum Convened on April 23, 2014. Washington, DC:Marine Pollution Control Branch, Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (6 February 2015). Available: http://goo.gl/rB0y00 [accessed 30 March 2015].