Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste
Year: 2022 Language: english Author: The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine Genre: Research papers Publisher: The National Academies Press ISBN: 978-0-309-45885-6 Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 269 Description: An estimated 8 million metric tons (MMT) of plastic waste enters the world's ocean each year - the equivalent of dumping a garbage truck of plastic waste into the ocean every minute. Plastic waste is now found in almost every marine habitat, from the ocean surface to deep sea sediments to the ocean's vast mid-water region, as well as the Great Lakes. This report responds to a request in the bipartisan Save Our Seas 2.0 Act for a scientific synthesis of the role of the United States both in contributing to and responding to global ocean plastic waste. The United States is a major producer of plastics and in 2016, generated more plastic waste by weight and per capita than any other nation. Although the U.S. solid waste management system is advanced, it is not sufficient to deter leakage into the environment. Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste calls for a national strategy by the end of 2022 to reduce the nation's contribution to global ocean plastic waste at every step - from production to its entry into the environment - including by substantially reducing U.S. solid waste generation. This report also recommends a nationally-coordinated and expanded monitoring system to track plastic pollution in order to understand the scales and sources of U.S. plastic waste, set reduction and management priorities, and measure progress.
Contents
Front Matter Summary 1 Introduction 2 Plastic Production and Global Trade 3 Plastic Waste and Its Management 4 Physical Transport and Pathways to the Ocean 5 Distribution and Fate of Plastic Waste in the Ocean 6 Tracking and Monitoring Systems for Ocean Plastic Waste 7 Interventions for U.S. Contributions to Global Ocean Plastic Waste References Appendixes Appendix A: Biographies of the Committee on the United States Contributions to Global Ocean Plastic Waste Appendix B: Definitions and Acronyms Appendix C: Legal Framework Appendix D: Estuary Table Appendix E: Global Instruments and Activities Relevant to Ocean Plastic Pollution
Contents
Screenshots
5
Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste.pdf
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum You cannot attach files in this forum You cannot download files in this forum
Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste
Language: english
Author: The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine
Genre: Research papers
Publisher: The National Academies Press
ISBN: 978-0-309-45885-6
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 269
Description: An estimated 8 million metric tons (MMT) of plastic waste enters the world's ocean each year - the equivalent of dumping a garbage truck of plastic waste into the ocean every minute. Plastic waste is now found in almost every marine habitat, from the ocean surface to deep sea sediments to the ocean's vast mid-water region, as well as the Great Lakes. This report responds to a request in the bipartisan Save Our Seas 2.0 Act for a scientific synthesis of the role of the United States both in contributing to and responding to global ocean plastic waste.
The United States is a major producer of plastics and in 2016, generated more plastic waste by weight and per capita than any other nation. Although the U.S. solid waste management system is advanced, it is not sufficient to deter leakage into the environment. Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste calls for a national strategy by the end of 2022 to reduce the nation's contribution to global ocean plastic waste at every step - from production to its entry into the environment - including by substantially reducing U.S. solid waste generation. This report also recommends a nationally-coordinated and expanded monitoring system to track plastic pollution in order to understand the scales and sources of U.S. plastic waste, set reduction and management priorities, and measure progress.
Contents
Front MatterSummary
1 Introduction
2 Plastic Production and Global Trade
3 Plastic Waste and Its Management
4 Physical Transport and Pathways to the Ocean
5 Distribution and Fate of Plastic Waste in the Ocean
6 Tracking and Monitoring Systems for Ocean Plastic Waste
7 Interventions for U.S. Contributions to Global Ocean Plastic Waste
References
Appendixes
Appendix A: Biographies of the Committee on the United States Contributions to Global Ocean Plastic Waste
Appendix B: Definitions and Acronyms
Appendix C: Legal Framework
Appendix D: Estuary Table
Appendix E: Global Instruments and Activities Relevant to Ocean Plastic Pollution
Contents
Screenshots
Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste.pdf
Download [11 KB]
Share