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TI Floating macrolitter leaked from Europe into the ocean
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AF GONZALEZ-FERNANDEZ, Daniel
   COZAR, Andres
   HANKE, Georg
   VIEJO, Josue
   MORALES-CASELLES, Carmen
   BAKIU, Rigers
   BARCELO, Damia
   BESSA, Filipa
   BRUGE, Antoine
   CABRERA, Maria
   CASTRO-JIMENEZ, Javier
   CONSTANT, Mel
   CROSTI, Roberto
   GALLETTI, Yuri
   KIDEYS, Ahmet E.
   MACHITADZE, Nino
   DE BRITO, Joana Pereira
   POGOJEVA, Maria
   RATOLA, Nuno
   RIGUEIRA, Julia
   ROJO-NIETO, Elisa
   SAVENKO, Oksana
   SCHOENEICH-ARGENT, Rosanna, I
   SIEDLEWICZ, Grzegorz
   SUARIA, Giuseppe
   TOURGELI, Myrto
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C1 Univ Cadiz, Inst Univ Invest Marina, Dept Biol, Puerto Real, Spain.
   European Univ Seas, Puerto Real, Spain.
   European Commiss, Joint Res Ctr, Ispra, Italy.
   Agr Univ Tirana, Fac Agr & Environm, Dept Aquaculture & Fisheries, Tirana, Albania.
   Univ Girona, Catalan Inst Water Res ICRA CERCA, Girona, Spain.
   IDAEA CSIC, Dept Environm Chem, Water & Soil Res Grp, Barcelona, Spain.
   Univ Coimbra, MARE Marine & Environm Sci Ctr, Dept Life Sci, Coimbra, Portugal.
   Surfrider Fdn Europe, Biarritz, France.
   Paisaje Limpio Assoc, Majadahonda, Spain.
   Univ Toulon & Var, Aix Marseille Univ, Mediterranean Inst Oceanog, CNRS,IRD, Marseille, France.
   Univ Perpignan Via Domitia, Ctr Format & Rech Environm Mediterraneens, UMR CNRS 5110, Perpignan, France.
   Ist Super Protez & Ric Ambientale, BIO SOST, Rome, Italy.
   CNR, Biophys Inst, Pisa, Italy.
   Middle East Tech Univ, METU Inst Marine Sci, Mersin, Turkey.
   Tbilisi State Univ, LEPL Alexandre Janelidze Inst Geol, Dept Physicochem Res, Tbilisi, Georgia.
   Aguas Gaia EM, Vila Nova De Gaia, Portugal.
   State Oceanog Inst, Moscow, Russia.
   Univ Porto, Fac Engn, Lab Proc Engn Environm Biotechnol & Energy, Porto, Portugal.
   OIKOS Associa Def Ambiente & Patrimonio Regiao Le, Leiria, Portugal.
   Univ Cadiz, Dept Environm Technol, Int Campus Excellence Sea, Puerto Real, Spain.
   Ukrainian Sci Ctr Ecol Sea, Odesa, Ukraine.
   Natl Antarctic Sci Ctr Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine.
   Carl von Ossietzky Univ Oldenburg, Inst Chem & Biol Marine Environm, Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
   Polish Acad Sci, Inst Oceanol, Dept Marine Chem & Biochem, Sopot, Poland.
   CNR, Inst Marine Sci, Lerici, Italy.
   Univ Aegean, Dept Marine Sci, Lesbos, Greece.
C2 UNIV CADIZ, SPAIN
   EUROPEAN UNIV SEAS, SPAIN
   JRC, ITALY
   UNIV AGR TIRANA, ALBANIA
   UNIV GIRONA, SPAIN
   IDAEA CSIC, SPAIN
   UNIV COIMBRA, PORTUGAL
   SURFRIDER FDN EUROPE, FRANCE
   PAISAJE LIMPIO ASSOC, SPAIN
   UNIV TOULON, FRANCE
   UNIV PERPIGNAN, FRANCE
   ISPRA, ITALY
   CNR, ITALY
   UNIV MIDDLE EAST TECH METU, TURKEY
   UNIV TBILISI, GEORGIA
   AGUAS GAIA, PORTUGAL
   STATE OCEANOG INST, RUSSIA
   UNIV PORTO, PORTUGAL
   OIKOS, PORTUGAL
   UNIV CADIZ, SPAIN
   UKRSCES, UKRAINE
   NANC, UKRAINE
   UNIV OLDENBURG, GERMANY
   POLISH ACAD SCI, POLAND
   CNR, ITALY
   UNIV AEGEAN, GREECE
IF 27.157
TC 123
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00700/81209/85875.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00700/81209/85876.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00700/81209/85877.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00700/81209/85878.xlsx
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00700/81209/96824.pdf
LA English
DT Article
AB Riverine systems act as converging pathways for discarded litter within drainage basins, becoming key elements in gauging the transfer of mismanaged waste into the ocean. However, riverine litter data are scarce and biased towards microplastics, generally lacking information about larger items. Based on the first ever database of riverine floating macrolitter across Europe, we have estimated that between 307 and 925 million litter items are released annually from Europe into the ocean. The plastic fraction represented 82% of the observed litter, mainly fragments and single-use items (that is, bottles, packaging and bags). Our modelled estimates show that a major portion of the total litter loading is routed through small-sized drainage basins (<100 km(2)), indicating the relevance of small rivers, streams and coastal run-off. Moreover, the major contribution of high-income countries to the macrolitter inputs suggests that reducing ocean pollution cannot be achieved only by improving waste management, but also requires changing consumption habits and behaviour to curb waste generation at source. The inability of countries with well-developed recovery systems to control the leakage of waste into the environment further supports the need to regulate the production and use of plastic on a global scale. Riverine systems help transfer mismanaged waste into the ocean, but riverine litter data are scarce. Using a database of riverine floating macrolitter across Europe, this study estimates that 307-925 million litter items-82% of which is plastic-are transferred annually from Europe into the ocean. 
PY 2021
PD JUL
SO Nature Sustainability
SN 2398-9629
PU Springer Science and Business Media LLC
VL 4
IS 6
UT 000663029500005
BP 474
EP 483
DI 10.1038/s41893-021-00722-6
ID 81209
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