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Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste (Paperback)
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Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste (Paperback)
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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. Table of
Contents Front Matter Summary 1 Introduction 2 Plastic Production
and Global Trade 3 Plastic Waste and Its Management 4 Physical
Transport and Pathways to the Ocean 5 Distribution and Fate of
Plastic Waste in the Ocean 6 Tracking and Monitoring Systems for
Ocean Plastic Waste 7 Interventions for U.S. Contributions to
Global Ocean Plastic Waste References Appendixes Appendix A:
Biographies of the Committee on the United States Contributions to
Global Ocean Plastic Waste Appendix B: Definitions and Acronyms
Appendix C: Legal Framework Appendix D: Estuary Table Appendix E:
Global Instruments and Activities Relevant to Ocean Plastic
Pollution
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