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1. Importance of plastic at sea
1.1 Sources
Plastics and microplastics enter the environment at all stages of the polymer life cycle. At sea, they mainly come from continental inputs which include rivers (figure 1 ), water treatment effluents and their overflows, coastal recreational activities, illegal landfills on or near rivers, and run-off (figure...
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GDR Polymers and Oceans. Members of the GDR Polymers and Oceans scientific committee, authors of the article https://www.gdr-polymeresetoceans.fr
Synthesis of cartographic data concerning plastics and waste at sea. United Nations Environment Programme
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