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Facing marine debris in China
Kang, B.; Lin, L.; Li, Y.; Peng, X.; Sun, J.C. (2022). Facing marine debris in China. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 184: 114158. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114158
In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. Macmillan: London. ISSN 0025-326X; e-ISSN 1879-3363, more
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Keyword
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    Land-based pollution; Fishery activities; Food chain; Plastic; GDP; Management
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  • Kang, B.
  • Lin, L.
  • Li, Y.
  • Peng, X.
  • Sun, J.C., more
Abstract
    China is one of the largest waste importers and producers in the world, with land-based discharges mainly from domestic sewage and industrial wastes being the main source of marine debris (MD) including three distributional types as stranding on the beach (BMD), floating on the water surface (FMD), and submerging into sediments (SMD). Fishery-related activities are also one of the main sources of marine debris: intensive aquaculture, fishing, and related household activities. Marine debris, showing different ways of leaching, degradation and fragmentation, can be ingested, incorporated and accumulated by marine organisms through the food chain, and ultimately pose risks to the ecological environment, economic benefits and human health. Comprehensive countermeasures, from awareness to practices and from the government to the public, are now being implemented in China and have achieved remarkable results especially in domestic waste incineration, but greater commitment and stronger execution are urgently required.
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