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… VITAL WASTE GRAPHICS 3 This is a publication of the Secretariat of … against the adverse effects resulting from the generation, management, transboundary movements and disposal of hazardous … of its frontiers or boundaries. Cover illustration Waste Body Burden ‘Metro Map’. Source: Silicon Valley Toxics …

… and microplastics found in the sea may be determined as ‘waste’ as defined under the Convention, although not all will … adequate disposal facilities for the environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes and other wastes. Stockholm … 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 … volume of litter. Although it is a common regulated waste management practice, the open burning or incineration of …

… 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, through which the environmentally sound management of household wastes including plastics will be …