Transnational Plastics: An Australian Case for Global Action

Coastal margins and backshores represent a major sink for marine debris: insights from a continental-scale analysis

(2020) Arianna Olivelli et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Mangrove forests as traps for marine litter

(2019) Cecilia Martin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Emergence of nanoplastic in the environment and possible impact on human health

(2019) Roman Lehner et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Strategies to reduce the global carbon footprint of plastics

(2019) Jiajia Zheng et al.   Nature Climate Change

Plastics at sea: Treaty design for a global solution to marine plastic pollution

(2019) Ina Tessnow-von Wysocki et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Entrapment in plastic debris endangers hermit crabs

(2019) Jennifer L. Lavers et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Current opinion: What is a nanoplastic?

(2018) Julien Gigault et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Role of Marine Snows in Microplastic Fate and Bioavailability

(2018) Adam Porter et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

China’s ban on imported plastic waste could be a game changer

(2018) Tony R. Walker   NATURE

Are exports of recyclables from developed to developing countries waste pollution transfer or part of the global circular economy?

(2018) Zhe Liu et al.   RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING

Plastic waste associated with disease on coral reefs

(2018) Joleah B. Lamb et al.   SCIENCE

Arctic sea ice is an important temporal sink and means of transport for microplastic

(2018) Ilka Peeken et al.   Nature Communications

Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly accumulating plastic

(2018) L. Lebreton et al.   Scientific Reports

The Chinese import ban and its impact on global plastic waste trade

(2018) Amy L. Brooks et al.   Science Advances

Pollutants in Plastics within the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre

(2017) Qiqing Chen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Opinion: Why we need an international agreement on marine plastic pollution

(2017) Stephanie B. Borrelle et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Exceptional and rapid accumulation of anthropogenic debris on one of the world’s most remote and pristine islands

(2017) Jennifer L. Lavers et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

River plastic emissions to the world’s oceans

(2017) Laurent C. M. Lebreton et al.   Nature Communications

Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made

(2017) Roland Geyer et al.   Science Advances

Modelling accumulation of marine plastics in the coastal zone; what are the dominant physical processes?

(2016) Kay Critchell et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

POPs monitoring in Australia and New Zealand using plastic resin pellets, and International Pellet Watch as a tool for education and raising public awareness on plastic debris and POPs

(2015) Bee Geok Yeo et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

Anthropogenic debris in seafood: Plastic debris and fibers from textiles in fish and bivalves sold for human consumption

(2015) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   Scientific Reports

Millimeter-Sized Marine Plastics: A New Pelagic Habitat for Microorganisms and Invertebrates

(2014) Julia Reisser et al.   PLoS One

Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea

(2014) Marcus Eriksen et al.   PLoS One

Global research priorities to mitigate plastic pollution impacts on marine wildlife

(2014) AC Vegter et al.   Endangered Species Research

Debris in the deep: Using a 22-year video annotation database to survey marine litter in Monterey Canyon, central California, USA

(2013) Kyra Schlining et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS

Ingestion and transfer of microplastics in the planktonic food web

(2013) Outi Setälä et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Prevalence and composition of marine debris in Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) nests at Ashmore Reef

(2013) Jennifer L. Lavers et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A simple technique for counting marine debris at sea reveals steep litter gradients between the Straits of Malacca and the Bay of Bengal

(2013) Peter G. Ryan   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastics Derived Endocrine Disruptors (BPA, DEHP and DBP) Induce Epigenetic Transgenerational Inheritance of Obesity, Reproductive Disease and Sperm Epimutations

(2013) Mohan Manikkam et al.   PLoS One

Marine Plastic Pollution in Waters around Australia: Characteristics, Concentrations, and Pathways

(2013) Julia Reisser et al.   PLoS One

Ghostnet impacts on globally threatened turtles, a spatial risk analysis for northern Australia

(2013) C. Wilcox et al.   Conservation Letters

Breast cancer risk in relation to occupations with exposure to carcinogens and endocrine disruptors: a Canadian case–control study

(2012) James T Brophy et al.   Environmental Health

Numerical modelling of floating debris in the world’s oceans

(2012) L.C.-M. Lebreton et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Comparison of carbon emissions associated with municipal solid waste management in Germany and the UK

(2010) S. Mühle et al.   RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING

Plastics recycling: challenges and opportunities

(2009) J. Hopewell et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES