Global S&T Development Trend Analysis Platform of Resources and Environment
DOI | 10.17226/26132 |
Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste | |
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine | |
2021-12-01 | |
出版年 | 2021 |
国家 | 美国 |
领域 | 资源环境 |
英文摘要 | 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. |
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来源平台 | National Academies Press |
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文献类型 | 科技报告 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/343220 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste,2021. |
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