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Vital Waste Graphics 3
… VITAL WASTE GRAPHICS 3 This is a publication of the Secretariat of … of its frontiers or boundaries. Cover illustration Waste Body Burden ‘Metro Map’. Source: Silicon Valley Toxics … Metro lines adapted from Sam Loman (see p. 27). VITAL WASTE GRAPHICS 3 GLOBAL TRENDS THE WASTE HEAP DARK SIDE OF A …
Marine plastic litter and microplastics
… and microplastics found in the sea may be determined as ‘waste’ as defined under the Convention, although not all will … a year. Of the estimated 6.3 billion tonnes of plastic waste produced since the 1950s, only 9% has been recycled and … packaging is wasted. The greatest burden of plastic waste entering the sea is likely to arise where waste …
Marine plastic litter and microplastics
… to the ocean floor. A less significant share of plastic waste is carried on ocean currents and can accumulate in … marine plastic litter and microplastics. The Household Waste Partnership was established under the Basel Convention, … were encouraged to work on the impact of plastic waste, marine plastic litter, microplastic, and measures for …
UN Environment foresight brief: marine plastics litter and microplastics
… 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 …