The UN has declared a "War on Plastic" and the G20 has released a "Marine Litter Action Plan". In light of this environmental concern, we think it is urgent to declare war on plastics and strictly regulate the single-use plastic bags.
High concentrations of plastic debris in the open ocean have adverse effects on marine ecosystems and biodiversity (1, 2). Without waste management infrastructure improvements, the cumulative quantity is predicted to increase by an order of magnitude by 2025. reported on the quantity of plastic entering the ocean and estimated that 275 million metric tons (MT) of plastic waste was generated in 192 coastal countries in 2010, with 4.8 to 12.7 million MT entering the ocean. In the Report "Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean" (13 Feb., 2015, ), Jambeck et al.
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