Plastic Leakage and Marine Litter
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https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.1260352
Science
13 Feb 2015
JENNA R. JAMBECK $^a$, ROLAND GEYER $^b$, CHRIS WILCOX $^c$, THEODORE R. SIEGLER $^d$, MIRIAM PERRYMAN $^a$, ANTHONY ANDRADY $^e$, RAMANI NARAYAN $^f$, AND KARA LAVENDER LAW $^g$
$^a$ College of Engineering, University of Georgia, 412 Driftmier Engineering Center, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
$^b$ Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.
$^c$ Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Castray Esplanade, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia.
$^d$ DSM Environmental Services, Windsor, VT 05089, USA.
$^e$ Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA.
$^f$ Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
$^g$ Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA.
- Jambeck et al. combine available data on solid waste with a model that uses population density and economic status to estimate the amount of land-based plastic waste entering the ocean.
