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… VITAL WASTE GRAPHICS 3 This is a publication of the Secretariat of … or become entangled in it. Plastic also absorbs persistent organic pollutants (POPs)2 from the environment and … but also to encourage energy and material recovery from organic waste (see pages 20-21 on organic waste). But the …

… and microplastics Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants Stockholm Convention on POPs: POPs are organic chemicals that persist in the environment, … to the ocean floor. A less significant share of plastic waste is carried on ocean currents and can accumulate in …

… and microplastics found in the sea may be determined as ‘waste’ as defined under the Convention, although not all will … to protect human health and the environment from POPs (organic chemicals that persist in the environment, … a year. Of the estimated 6.3 billion tonnes of plastic waste produced since the 1950s, only 9% has been recycled and …

… to almost every human activity but specially mismanaged waste. These fragments are of different polymer types and of … corrosion and degradation (Boucher and Friot 2017) PLASTIC WASTE MILLION TONNES/YEAR PRIMARY MICROPLASTICS MILLION … (UNEP 2016). The shipping industry as a source of plastic waste is regulated under Annex V (revised in 2013) of the …