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Tackling single-use plastic items in the Mediterranean

(Corresponding) Xirou H., Sherrington C., Bapasola A.
Topic: 
Microplastics in the marine environment
Overall, plastics are estimated to account for around 95% of the waste in the open sea, on the seabed and on beaches across the Mediterranean. In the Mediterranean, it is estimated an annual plastic leakage of 229,000 tonnes, made up of 94% macroplastics and 6% microplastics [1]. The scope of this...Read more
Keywords: 
Single-Use Plastics, Marine Littering, Deposit-Refund System, recycling, microplastics
Paper ID: 
cest2021_00519