Reckoning with the U.S. role in global ocean plastic waste / Committee on the United States Contributions to Global Ocean Plastic Waste, Ocean Studies Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies ; a consensus study report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.
Introduction -- Plastic production and global trade -- Plastic waste and its management -- Physical transport and pathways to the ocean -- Distribution and fate of plastic waste in the ocean -- Tracking and monitoring systems for ocean plastic waste -- Interventions for U.S. contributions to global ocean plastic waste.
Summary
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. Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste calls for a national strategy by the end of 2022 to reduce the nation's contribution to global ocean plastic waste at every step - from production to its entry into the environment - including by substantially reducing U.S. solid waste generation.
