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Reckoning with the U.S. role in 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. 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 o...

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Corporate Authors: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.); National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the United States Contributions to Global Ocean Plastic Waste.; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Ocean Studies Board.; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Division on Earth and Life Studies.
Published: National Academies Press,
Publisher Address: Washington, DC :
Publication Dates: [2022]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Consensus study report
Subjects:
Plastic marine debris > United States.
Plastic marine debris > Environmental aspects > United States.
Plastic scrap > United States.
Plastic marine debris.
Plastic marine debris > Environmental aspects.
Plastic scrap.
United States.
Summary: 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. 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.
Carrier Form: xvi, 252 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9780309458856
0309458854
Index Number: TD427
CLC: X55
Call Number: X55/R298
Contents: Plastic production and global trade --
Plastic waste and its management --
Physical transport and pathways to the ocean --
Distribution and fate of plastic waste in the ocean --
Tracking and monitoring systems for ocean plastic waste --
Interventions for U.S. contributions to global ocean plastic waste.

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