Human activities are changing our environment. Along with climate change and a
widespread loss of biodiversity, plastic pollution now plays a predominant role in altering …

The global plastics production has increased from 1.5 million tons in the 1950s to 335
million tons in 2016, with plastics discharged into virtually all components of the …

The continuous increase in synthetic plastic production and poor management in plastic
waste have led to a tremendous increase in the dumping into our aqueous environment …

Microplastics are emerging as prominent pollutants across the globe. Oceans are becoming
major sinks for these pollutants, and their presence is widespread in coastal regions …

Human populations are using oceans as their household dustbins, and microplastic is one
of the components which are not only polluting shorelines but also freshwater bodies …

This review article summarises the sources, occurrence, fate and effects of plastic waste in
the marine environment. Due to its resistance to degradation, most plastic debris will persist …

Contamination from plastic debris is omnipresent in marine environments, posing a
substantial risk to marine organisms, food webs and the ecosystem. The overlap between …

While macroplastics have been washing up on Southern Ocean islands for decades and
microplastics have been found in seabirds from the region since 1960, there are still …

In this review we report new findings concerning interaction between marine debris and
wildlife. Deleterious effects and consequences of entanglement, consumption and …

Characterization of the color of the plastic is often included in studies on plastic pollution.
However, the comparability and relevance of this information is limited by methodology or …