RT Report
T1 From Pollution to Solution: A Global Assessment of Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
A2 McGlade, Jacqueline
A2 Fahim, Irene Samy
A2 Green, Dannielle
A2 Landrigan, Philip
A2 Andrady, Anthony
A2 Costa, Monica
A2 Geyer, Roland
A2 Gomes, Rachel
A2 Hwai, Aileen Tan Shau
A2 Jambeck, Jenna
A2 Li, Daoji
A2 Rochman, Chelsea
A2 Ryan, Peter
A2 Thiel, Martin
A2 Thompson, Richard
A2 Townsend, Kathy
A2 Turra, Alexander
K1 marine pollution
K1 plastic waste
K1 marine environment
K1 greenhouse gas
K1 recycling
K1 citizen science
K1 environmental aspect
K1 environmental monitoring
K1 chemical
SN 978-92-807-3881-0
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/36963
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/36963
NO This assessment describes the far-reaching impacts of plastics across the planet and in our oceans. The assessment sets out to address four key questions to help guide future actions: • What can new research and evidence tell us about the environmental and human health effects and impacts of marine litter, including plastics and microplastics? • What is the latest understanding of the sources, pathways, behaviour and fate of marine litter, especially plastics? • What are the most effective field, laboratory and modelling approaches for monitoring and measurement of the sources, pathways, behaviour and fate of marine litter, including all sizes of plastics? • What ongoing responses and actions, environmental technologies and business solutions exist to tackle this urgent global problem?
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 22, 2026