Author: United States. Interagency Task Force on Persistent Marine Debris
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Category : Marine pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 638

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Author: Interagency Marine Debris Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
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Category : Marine debris
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources
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Category : Marine debris
Languages : en
Pages : 14

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Author: Interagency Marine Debris Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
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Category : Marine debris
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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Category : Marine debris
Languages : en
Pages : 12

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Author: T. R. Keeney
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Languages : en
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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
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Category : Marine debris
Languages : en
Pages : 12

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Languages : en
Pages : 14

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Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309126975
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 218

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Marine debris from ships and other ocean-based sources-including trash and lost fishing gear-contributes to the spoiling of beaches, fouling of surface waters and the seafloor, and harm to marine animals, among other effects. Unfortunately, international conventions and domestic laws intended to control marine debris have not been successful, in part because the laws, as written, provide little incentive to change behavior. This book identifies ways to reduce waste, improve waste disposal at ports, and strengthen the regulatory framework toward a goal of zero waste discharge into the marine environment. Progress will depend on a commitment to sustained funding and appropriate institutional support. The Interagency Marine Debris Coordinating Committee should, through planning and prioritization, target research to understand the sources, fates, and impacts of marine debris. It should support the establishment of scalable and statistically rigorous protocols that allow monitoring at a variety of temporal and spatial scales. These protocols should contain evaluative metrics that allow assessment of progress in marine debris mitigation. The United States, through leadership in the international arena, should provide technical assistance and support for the establishment of additional monitoring and research programs worldwide.

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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ISBN: 9780309458856
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 250

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An estimated 8 million metric tons (MMT) of plastic waste enters the world's ocean each year - the equivalent of dumping a garbage truck of plastic waste into the ocean every minute. Plastic waste is now found in almost every marine habitat, from the ocean surface to deep sea sediments to the ocean's vast mid-water region, as well as the Great Lakes. This report responds to a request in the bipartisan Save Our Seas 2.0 Act for a scientific synthesis of the role of the United States both in contributing to and responding to global ocean plastic waste. The United States is a major producer of plastics and in 2016, generated more plastic waste by weight and per capita than any other nation. Although the U.S. solid waste management system is advanced, it is not sufficient to deter leakage into the environment. Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste calls for a national strategy by the end of 2022 to reduce the nation's contribution to global ocean plastic waste at every step - from production to its entry into the environment - including by substantially reducing U.S. solid waste generation. This report also recommends a nationally-coordinated and expanded monitoring system to track plastic pollution in order to understand the scales and sources of U.S. plastic waste, set reduction and management priorities, and measure progress.