Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste

by Ocean Studies Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309458854
• ISBN13: 9780309458856
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.7"