A global mass budget for positively buoyant macroplastic debris in the ocean

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Since mass production of synthetic polymers started in the 1950s, plastic waste has been accumulating and degrading in terrestrial and oceanic environments.

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Laurent Lebreton, Matthias Egger & Boyan Slat
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Laurent Lebreton, Matthias Egger & Boyan Slat
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Lebetron, L., 2019.pdf1.35 MB

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