Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste by Committee on the United States Contributions to Global Ocean Plastic Waste, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Ocean Studies Board, and Medicine, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering

Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste
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Committee on the United States Contributions to Global Ocean Plastic Waste, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Ocean Studies Board, and Medicine, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering

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Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste

Committee on the United States Contributions to Global Ocean Plastic Waste, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Ocean Studies Board, and Medicine, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering

252 pages • paperback • 1 edition

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The United States is a major producer of plastics and in 2016, generated more plastic waste by weight and per capita than any other nation. Although the U.S. solid waste management system is advanced, it is not sufficient to deter leakage into the...