Microplastics pollution and reduction strategies

A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)

(2016) Shosuke Yoshida et al.   SCIENCE

Biodegradation and Mineralization of Polystyrene by Plastic-Eating Mealworms: Part 2. Role of Gut Microorganisms

(2015) Yu Yang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean

(2015) J. R. Jambeck et al.   SCIENCE

Evidence of Polyethylene Biodegradation by Bacterial Strains from the Guts of Plastic-Eating Waxworms

(2014) Jun Yang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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 debris in the open ocean

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

Microplastics as contaminants in the marine environment: A review

(2011) Matthew Cole et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Microplastics in the marine environment

(2011) Anthony L. Andrady   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Biodegradability of Plastics

(2009) Yutaka Tokiwa et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Contributing to marine pollution by washing your face: Microplastics in facial cleansers

(2009) Lisa S. Fendall et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN