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Plastic pollution

Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles (e.g. plastic bottles, bags and microbeads) in the Earth's environment that adversely affects humans, wildlife and their habitat. Plastics that act as pollutants are categorized by size into micro-, meso-, or macro debris. Plastics are inexpensive and durable, making them very…

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Overview

Timeline of problem

Causes

Types of plastic debris

Major plastic waste generator and polluter countries

Effects

Removal of plastic pollution

Policy, regulation, social action

Obstruction by major plastic producers

Action for creating awareness

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Plastic pollution

Nodes270
Edges269
Triples288
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Plastic pollution

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has effect · 45
Plastic pollution → According, Agriculture Organization, Although, Another, Average, BPA, But, Children, Chlorinated, Compounds, DNA, East Asia, East China Sea, Estimates, Even, Food, From, Globally, In, Inhalation
related to Sources · 37
Plastic pollution → Bibcode, Biological Sciences, Capstone, Cc BY-SA, Challenges, Cookson, December, Derraik, Drowning, Dvorak, Edward, Financial Times, Geof, Hopewell, IGO, ISBN, Jefferson, José, Knight, Kosior
related to Further reading · 35
Plastic pollution → An Ocean Emergency, BBC, Big Soda, Biodegradable Plastics, Colette, Editorial, Elizabeth Kolbert, Guess What's Showing Up, How, How Big Oil, If, In Our Shellfish, January, July, June, March, Marine Litter, Misconceptions, Nairobi, Nichols
related to Obstruction by major plastic producers · 21
Plastic pollution → Big, Buffalo River, Changing Markets Foundation, Colgate-Palmolive, COVID-19, Danone, Gamble, Incorporated, Mars, Mondelēz International, Moreover, Nestlé, New York, November, PepsiCo, Perfetti Van Melle, Procter, The, The Coca-Cola Company, These
related to Microdebris · 16
Plastic pollution → Because, China, DDT, Indonesia, It, Microdebris, Nurdles, PCB's, Persistent Bio-accumulating Toxins, Philippines, Plastic, Thailand, The Ocean Conservancy, These, They, Vietnam
has cause · 12
Plastic pollution → EPS, In, MSW, Mt, One, Plastic, Several, Sources, The, This, United States, Uses
related to Policy, regulation, social action · 11
Plastic pollution → Agencies, BPA, Drug Administration, During, Even, Government, Once, Several, This, US Environmental Protection Agency, US Food
related to World Environment Day · 11
Plastic pollution → Beat Plastic Pollution, Climate Change, Environment, Every, Forest, In, India, June, Several, The Ministry, World Environment Day
related to Types of plastic debris · 8
Plastic pollution → Both, Examples, Fishing-related, Many, Plastic, Primary, Secondary, These
related to External links · 7
Plastic pollution → About It, And, April, Facts About Plastic Pollution, January, Retrieved, Things We Can Do

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plastic plastics waste pollution environment ocean also use million recycling bags countries marine 2019 found water states year estimated ban

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Plastic pollutionis aaccumulation of plastic objects and particles0.90text
Plastic pollutionis ainternational problem0.90text
bisphenol Ainstance ofThese micro-plastics can accumulate in the oceans and allow for the accumulation of Persistent Bio-accumulating Toxins0.80text
polystyreneinstance ofThese micro-plastics can accumulate in the oceans and allow for the accumulation of Persistent Bio-accumulating Toxins0.80text
DDTinstance ofThese micro-plastics can accumulate in the oceans and allow for the accumulation of Persistent Bio-accumulating Toxins0.80text
and PCB's which are hydrophobic in natureinstance ofThese micro-plastics can accumulate in the oceans and allow for the accumulation of Persistent Bio-accumulating Toxins0.80text
can cause adverse health affects.A 2004 study by Richard Thompson from the University of Plymouthinstance ofThese micro-plastics can accumulate in the oceans and allow for the accumulation of Persistent Bio-accumulating Toxins0.80text
UKinstance ofThese micro-plastics can accumulate in the oceans and allow for the accumulation of Persistent Bio-accumulating Toxins0.80text
found a great amount of microdebris on beachesinstance ofThese micro-plastics can accumulate in the oceans and allow for the accumulation of Persistent Bio-accumulating Toxins0.80text
in waters in Europeinstance ofThese micro-plastics can accumulate in the oceans and allow for the accumulation of Persistent Bio-accumulating Toxins0.80text
the Americasinstance ofThese micro-plastics can accumulate in the oceans and allow for the accumulation of Persistent Bio-accumulating Toxins0.80text
Australiainstance ofThese micro-plastics can accumulate in the oceans and allow for the accumulation of Persistent Bio-accumulating Toxins0.80text

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