The long-term legacy of plastic mass production

Tying up Loose Ends of Microplastic Pollution in the Arctic: Distribution from the Sea Surface through the Water Column to Deep-Sea Sediments at the HAUSGARTEN Observatory

(2020) Mine B. Tekman et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Confidence intervals and sample size for estimating the prevalence of plastic debris in seabird nests

(2020) Davi Castro Tavares et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The global odyssey of plastic pollution

(2020) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   SCIENCE

Implementation of harmonized Extended Producer Responsibility strategies to incentivize recovery of single-use plastic packaging waste in Canada

(2020) Avalon Diggle et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

The fate of microplastic in marine sedimentary environments: A review and synthesis

(2020) Peter T. Harris   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Solutions and Integrated Strategies for the Control and Mitigation of Plastic and Microplastic Pollution

(2019) Joana C. Prata et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Pinniped entanglement in oceanic plastic pollution: A global review

(2019) Emma M. Jepsen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

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

Benthic marine debris in the Bay of Fundy, eastern Canada: Spatial distribution and categorization using seafloor video footage

(2019) Alexa J. Goodman et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

A global mass budget for positively buoyant macroplastic debris in the ocean

(2019) Laurent Lebreton et al.   Scientific Reports

Capture, swallowing, and egestion of microplastics by a planktivorous juvenile fish

(2018) Nicolas Christian Ory et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

An overview of chemical additives present in plastics: Migration, release, fate and environmental impact during their use, disposal and recycling

(2018) John N. Hahladakis et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Microplastic contamination of river beds significantly reduced by catchment-wide flooding

(2018) Rachel Hurley et al.   Nature Geoscience

Microplastics research—from sink to source

(2018) Chelsea M. Rochman   SCIENCE

Plastic waste associated with disease on coral reefs

(2018) Joleah B. Lamb et al.   SCIENCE

Studies of the effects of microplastics on aquatic organisms: What do we know and where should we focus our efforts in the future?

(2018) Luís Carlos de Sá et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Plastic pollution of the world’s seas and oceans as a contemporary challenge in ocean governance

(2018) Marcus Haward   Nature Communications

Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly accumulating plastic

(2018) L. Lebreton et al.   Scientific Reports

Marine litter plastics and microplastics and their toxic chemicals components: the need for urgent preventive measures

(2018) Frederic Gallo et al.   Environmental Sciences Europe

Reducing marine pollution from single-use plastics (SUPs): A review

(2018) Riley E.J. Schnurr et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Effects of biofouling on the sinking behavior of microplastics

(2017) David Kaiser et al.   Environmental Research Letters

All is not lost: deriving a top-down mass budget of plastic at sea

(2017) Albert A Koelmans et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Pollutants in Plastics within the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre

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

International policies to reduce plastic marine pollution from single-use plastics (plastic bags and microbeads): A review

(2017) Dirk Xanthos et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in freshwater and terrestrial environments: Evaluating the current understanding to identify the knowledge gaps and future research priorities

(2017) Alice A. Horton et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Solutions for global marine litter pollution

(2017) Ansje Löhr et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

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

Interactions of microplastic debris throughout the marine ecosystem

(2017) Tamara S. Galloway et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Biofouling on buoyant marine plastics: An experimental study into the effect of size on surface longevity

(2016) Francesca M.C. Fazey et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Strategies for reducing ocean plastic debris should be diverse and guided by science

(2016) Chelsea M Rochman   Environmental Research Letters

Sinking rates of microplastics and potential implications of their alteration by physical, biological, and chemical factors

(2016) Nicole Kowalski et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Bottles, bags, ropes and toothbrushes: the struggle to track ocean plastics

(2016) Daniel Cressey   NATURE

Plastic pollution challenges in marine and coastal environments: from local to global governance

(2016) Joanna Vince et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

(Nano)plastics in the environment – Sources, fates and effects

(2016) João Pinto da Costa et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Planetary Boundaries: Exploring the Safe Operating Space for Humanity

(2016) Johan Rockström et al.   ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Citizen-Based Litter and Marine Debris Data Collection and Mapping

(2015) Jenna R. Jambeck et al.   COMPUTING IN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

A global inventory of small floating plastic debris

(2015) Erik van Sebille et al.   Environmental Research Letters

How much plastic is in the ocean? You tell me!

(2015) Charles James Moore   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Silent spring in the ocean

(2015) Boris Worm   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet

(2015) W. Steffen et al.   SCIENCE

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

Model Organisms are Not (Theoretical) Models

(2014) A. Levy et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL FOR THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

Peak Waste: When Is It Likely to Occur?

(2014) Daniel Hoornweg et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY

Suspended microplastics in the surface water of the Yangtze Estuary System, China: First observations on occurrence, distribution

(2014) Shiye Zhao et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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

Plastic debris in the open ocean

(2014) A. Cozar et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The physical impacts of microplastics on marine organisms: A review

(2013) Stephanie L. Wright et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Plastic pollution in the South Pacific subtropical gyre

(2013) Marcus Eriksen et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Environment: Waste production must peak this century

(2013) Daniel Hoornweg et al.   NATURE

Policy: Classify plastic waste as hazardous

(2013) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   NATURE

Sorption capacity of plastic debris for hydrophobic organic chemicals

(2013) Hwang Lee et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Ingested plastic transfers hazardous chemicals to fish and induces hepatic stress

(2013) Chelsea M. Rochman et al.   Scientific Reports

Effects of Microplastic on Fitness and PCB Bioaccumulation by the Lugworm Arenicola marina (L.)

(2012) Ellen Besseling et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The Complex Interaction between Marine Debris and Toxic Chemicals in the Ocean

(2012) Richard E. Engler   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Microplastics in the marine environment

(2011) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Plastic particles in coastal pelagic ecosystems of the Northeast Pacific ocean

(2010) Miriam J. Doyle et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Plastic Accumulation in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre

(2010) K. L. Law et al.   SCIENCE

Plastic waste as a fuel - CO2-neutral or not?

(2009) Ola Eriksson et al.   Energy & Environmental Science

Our plastic age

(2009) R. C. Thompson et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Transport and release of chemicals from plastics to the environment and to wildlife

(2009) E. L. Teuten et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Components of plastic: experimental studies in animals and relevance for human health

(2009) C. E. Talsness et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global environments

(2009) D. K. A. Barnes et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES