{"id":10999,"date":"2022-11-30T16:43:37","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T16:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/recedebioplastics.flywheelstaging.com\/?p=10999"},"modified":"2022-11-30T16:46:36","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T16:46:36","slug":"plastic-as-a-persistent-marine-pollutant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recedebioplastics.com\/plastic-as-a-persistent-marine-pollutant\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic as a Persistent Marine Pollutant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you enjoy nerding-out on the history and science of plastics, you&#8217;ll enjoy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.annualreviews.org\/doi\/10.1146\/annurev-environ-102016-060700\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this read from Annual Reviews<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an excerpt:<\/p>\n<p>Synthetic organic polymers\u2014or plastics\u2014did not enter widespread use until the 1950s. By 2015, global production had increased to 322 million metric tons (Mt) year<sup>\u22121<\/sup>, which approaches the total weight of the human population produced in plastic every year. Approximately half is used for packaging and other disposables, 40% of plastic waste is not accounted for in managed landfills or recycling facilities, and 4.8\u201312.7 Mt year<sup>\u22121<\/sup>enter the ocean as macroscopic litter and microplastic particles. Here, we argue that such mismanaged plastic waste is similar to other persistent pollutants, such as dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which once threatened a \u201csilent spring\u201d on land. Such a scenario seems now possible in the ocean, where plastic cannot be easily removed, accumulates in organisms and sediments, and persists much longer than on land. New evidence indicates a complex toxicology of plastic micro- and nanoparticles on marine life, and transfer up the food chain, including to people. We detail solutions to the current crisis of accumulating plastic pollution, suggesting a Global Convention on Plastic Pollution that incentivizes collaboration between governments, producers, scientists, and citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you enjoy nerding-out on the history and science of plastics, you&#8217;ll enjoy this read from Annual Reviews. Here is an excerpt: Synthetic organic polymers\u2014or plastics\u2014did not enter widespread use until the 1950s. By 2015, global production had increased to 322 million metric tons (Mt) year\u22121, which approaches the total weight of the human population [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11000,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[69,70,71,67,68],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recedebioplastics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10999"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recedebioplastics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recedebioplastics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recedebioplastics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recedebioplastics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10999"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/recedebioplastics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11003,"href":"https:\/\/recedebioplastics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10999\/revisions\/11003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recedebioplastics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recedebioplastics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recedebioplastics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recedebioplastics.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}