Talk:Plastic pollution/Archive 1

Archive 1

Removed Deletion Notice:

Reviewed by PamD. Concerns were; "This doesn't seem to be about the subject in the title: everything here is about Plastic recycling. Plastic pollution is a real problem, as illustrated by Friendly Floatees, Marine debris, Plastic particle water pollution etc and, on land, by Litter, but this article at the moment says nothing about it."

Added section about types of plastic pollution. Any additional concerns can be talked about here or on my usertalk Philosiphia (talk) 19:32, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Sorry, Philosiphia, but adding that little section doesn't really address the problem. The article starts by defining plastics (not really appropriate here), goes on to talk about recycling in the US (we've already got an article at Plastic recycling - that would be the right place to add info on this topic), and now has a single sentence mentioning some kinds of plastic pollution on which we already have articles. It may be that there's nothing to say which isn't already covered by other articles. If nothing more appropriate appears in this article in the next few days I'll refer it to "Articles for Deletion", because it doesn't seem to be a useful article at present. PamD 20:53, 3 October 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for reviewing it again for PamD. Maybe I should have just requested the page to be made by someone more experienced. I unfortunately I don't have much time to spend on this. Is there any way to ask for other authors to contribute to this page? It is definitely an important topic and has over 20,000 global monthly searches. I would appreciate your thoughts on this. 207.224.44.80 (talk) 05:32, 5 October 2012 (UTC)

Improvements

I've made some efforts to significantly clean-up and improve this article, including copy editing, the removal of uncited information that appears to have had elements of original research, layout improvements, fixing bare urls, etc. Many more reliable sources have also been added. Northamerica1000^(talk) 13:48, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

Bibliography of possible sources

Here are a some sources that we can look into in an effort to improve this article:

• Groff, Tricia (2010). "Bisphenol A: invisible pollution". Current opinion in pediatrics. 22 (4): 524–529. doi:10.1097/MOP.0b013e32833b03f8.
• Halden, Rolf U. (March 2010). "Plastics and Health Risks". Annual Review of Public Health. 31 (1): 179–194. doi:10.1146/annurev.publhealth.012809.103714.
• Hammer, J; Kraak, MH; Parsons, JR (2012). "Plastics in the marine environment: the dark side of a modern gift". Reviews of environmental contamination and toxicology. 220: 1–44. doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-3414-6_1.
• Mathieu-Denoncourt, Justine; Wallace, Sarah J.; de Solla, Shane R.; Langlois, Valerie S. (November 2014). "Plasticizer endocrine disruption: Highlighting developmental and reproductive effects in mammals and non-mammalian aquatic species". General and Comparative Endocrinology. doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.11.003.
• North, Emily J.; Halden, Rolf U. (1 January 2013). "Plastics and environmental health: the road ahead". Reviews on Environmental Health. 28 (1): 1–8. doi:10.1515/reveh-2012-0030.
• Teuten, E. L.; Saquing, J. M.; Knappe, D. R. U.; Barlaz, M. A.; Jonsson, S.; Bjorn, A.; Rowland, S. J.; Thompson, R. C.; Galloway, T. S.; Yamashita, R.; Ochi, D.; Watanuki, Y.; Moore, C.; Viet, P. H.; Tana, T. S.; Prudente, M.; Boonyatumanond, R.; Zakaria, M. P.; Akkhavong, K.; Ogata, Y.; Hirai, H.; Iwasa, S.; Mizukawa, K.; Hagino, Y.; Imamura, A.; Saha, M.; Takada, H. (14 June 2009). "Transport and release of chemicals from plastics to the environment and to wildlife". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 364 (1526): 2027–2045. doi:10.1098/rstb.2008.0284.
• Thompson, R. C.; Moore, C. J.; vom Saal, F. S.; Swan, S. H. (14 June 2009). "Plastics, the environment and human health: current consensus and future trends". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 364 (1526): 2153–2166. doi:10.1098/rstb.2009.0053.

CiKay (talk) 02:09, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

• Barnes, D. K. A.; Galgani, F.; Thompson, R. C.; Barlaz, M. (14 June 2009). "Accumulation and fragmentation of plastic debris in global environments". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 364 (1526): 1985–1998. doi:10.1098/rstb.2008.0205.
• Bean, Michael J. (June 1987). "Legal strategies for reducing persistent plastics in the marine environment". Marine Pollution Bulletin. 18 (6): 357–360. doi:10.1016/S0025-326X(87)80026-7.
• Derraik, José G.B (September 2002). "The pollution of the marine environment by plastic debris: a review". Marine Pollution Bulletin. 44 (9): 842–852. doi:10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00220-5.
• Driedger, Alexander G.J.; Dürr, Hans H.; Mitchell, Kristen; Van Cappellen, Philippe (January 2015). "Plastic debris in the Laurentian Great Lakes: A review". Journal of Great Lakes Research. doi:10.1016/j.jglr.2014.12.020.

Mbeez (talk) 19:30, 14 February 2015 (UTC)

• "Phthalates". Access Science. McGraw-Hill Education.
• Swanson, Lawrence; Breslin, Vincent; Bortman, Marci; Tyler, Nathan; Roy, Natalie; Stein, Dale; Resler, Paul; Simonsen, John. "Recycling technology". Access Science. McGraw-Hill Education. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
• Yonkos, Lance; Perez-Reyes, Ana; Ghosal, Sutapa; Arthur, Courtney. "Microplastics in Four Estuarine Rivers in the Chesapeake Bay, U.S.A." Environmental Science & Technology: pp 14195–14202. doi:10.1021/es5036317. Retrieved 16 February 2015. {{cite journal}}: |page= has extra text (help)
• Lytle, Claire Le Guern. "Plastic Pollution". Coastal Care. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
• Chemical Society, American. "Plastics In Oceans Decompose, Release Hazardous Chemicals, Surprising New Study Says". Science Daily. Science Daily. Retrieved 15 March 2015.

bellre (talk) 15 February 2015 (UTC)

• J. R. Jambeck, R. Geyer, C. Wilcox, T. R. Siegler, M. Perryman, A. Andrady, R. Narayan, K. L. Law: Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean. Science. 347, 2015, 768–771, doi:10.1126/science.1260352
  This new Science paper may be useful, although it focuses on plastic in oceans. --Leyo 01:45, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

Summary of Future Improvements

Our goals to improve the article include expanding on the environmental and human effects of plastic pollution. This would involve a potential discussion of water contamination, fetal and early childhood exposure to plastics as well as FDA and EPA regulation. We would also like to briefly talk about the composition of plastics, focusing on the most prevalent ones. Reduction efforts will also be discussed, expanding on educational efforts policies that are in place. Mbeez (talk) 16:35, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

Please make sure that the article does not become US-centered. What do you mean by “composition of plastics”? Plastics in general or plastics in the environment? The latter would be a good idea. --Leyo 21:18, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

In reference to the "composition of plastics" we are talking about the different chemicals that are polymerized to make plastic. Also, we do not plan on making the article US centered. --bellre — Preceding undated comment added 15:39, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

Please be careful with the chemistry and feel free to ask for help from experienced editors. --Smokefoot (talk) 17:57, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

My fear is that the content you plan to add could create undesirable redundancy to parts in Plastic, Polymer or other articles. --Leyo 23:28, 19 February 2015 (UTC)

Smokefoot, we will be cautious with the chemistry and write about it as accurately as we can. Leyo, we will try our best to not create redundancy and instead link relevant pages that already exist. Thank you both for your input! CiKay (talk) 17:18, 26 February 2015 (UTC)

Possible New Introduction

Hello, Mbeez, Bellre, and I revised the existing introduction for this article to reflect our proposed changes. This is a draft, and we are open to suggestions.

Plastic pollution involves the accumulation of plastic products in the environment that adversely affects wildlife, wildlife habitat, and or humans. Exposure to many of the chemicals that these plastics are composed of can also cause adverse effects. Plastic pollutants are categorized into micro-, meso-, or macro debris, based on size. Plastic pollution can adversely affect lands, waterways and oceans. Living organisms can also be affected through entanglement, direct ingestion of plastic waste, or through exposure to chemicals within plastics that cause interruptions in biological functions. Plastic reduction efforts have occurred in some areas in attempts to reduce plastic consumption and promote plastic recycling. The prominence of plastic pollution is correlated with plastics being inexpensive and durable, which lends to high levels of plastics used by humans. CiKay (talk) 03:59, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

Composition

The statements below are problematic. Students are encouraged to talk to your teachers before posting it. One general issue is the difference between precursor/monomers vs the polymer. --Smokefoot (talk) 22:47, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

• Bisphenol A: (4,4’-(propane-2,2-diyl)diphenol) is a large component of polycarbonate plastics and of the epoxy resin coating of metal cans. It can act as a synthetic estrogen, disrupting a plethora of biological pathways. Prolonged exposure can be detrimental to a person’s health, resulting in disorder and illness such as premature puberty, ADHD, heart disease, and cancer.
• Phthalates: (1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid) are found in many plastics and plasticizers at a high quantity, in order to make them more malleable.
  • Diisononyl phthalate: is used as a plasticizer to give polycinyl chloride (PVC) products flexibility.
• Dioxin: is a common additive also found in PVC plastic.
• Styrene: is commonly found in food trays, egg cartons, and Styrofoam products.
• Vinyl Chloride: is also used in the manufacture of PVC and was one of the first to be declared as a human carcinogen by the National Toxicology Program and International Agency for Research on Cancer.

@Smokefoot:: I'm not sure exactly what you mean that the previously mentioned statements are problematic due to the fact that this page is not meant to address the polymers or precursor monomers. Do you have any specific suggestions?

I feel that information as specific as monomers vs polymers and such would be best suited on the pages of each of those pages, which is why I added links to their respective pages. The links serve as a segue in the case that any user would want to find out more information of each used. The focus of this page is to inform users of the dangers of plastic pollution and its effects, not the use of the chemicals or their properties per say. Mbeez (talk) 20:10, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Listing monomers is very misleading. Said informally and using one example, vinyl chloride is nasty stuff. If PVC released vinyl chloride it would be unthinkable in everyday use. Once monomers or various precursors are polymerized, few revert. Polystyrene does not degrade into styrene so the tox info on styrene is irrelevant to the plastic pollution issue, IMHO. The list could be seen scaremongering, preying on readers' ignorance of basic polymer chem. If you do not feel confident on the chemistry, then it is probably not a good idea to put your writings in Wikipedia. It is not a place to submit drafts of your homework. --Smokefoot (talk) 21:10, 21 March 2015 (UTC)

Reviewing article and suggestions for improvement

Great article so far, I thought it had a lot of solid information, good references/citations but was just lacking overall in cohesiveness and structure/organization. This will greatly improve the facts and studies you have worked so hard to accumulate just by making the article flow and easier to understand/follow.

Here are some of my suggestions for improvement: - Perhaps add a heading called "Chemical decomposition" after composition and move the associated facts there, or at least separate them - Instead of title “plastic debris” say “Types of plastic debris” since they are then listed - Make sure to specify that macro and megadebris are same thing, especially since article you cite uses term megadebris where you use macro in defining - For term “ghost nests” I would use quotation marks, unless this is common term I am unfamiliar with - I think it'd be useful to reorganize your "Effects on Environment" subtopics, and give "Sources" its own topic heading altogether to separate Ocean/Land sources since they break up environmental effects section

In "Ocean-Based Sources of Ocean Plastic Pollution" the following statements are somewhat too opinionated/not backed by fact? Your text: "Naval and research vessels also eject waste and military equipment that are no longer necessary. Pleasure crafts also release fishing gear and other types of waste. These different ships do not have enough storage space to keep these pollutants on the ship, so they are purposely discarded."

This makes it sound like navy and fishing boats just throw things in water for fun? Maybe make it more passive than direct statement, avoid "Purposely discarded"? Could say "If these ships do not have enough storage space, they may discard them into the ocean."

Under Land-Based Sources of Ocean Plastic Pollution: This statement: Because of plastic’s durability, discarding plastics in this way is merely storing them for some time in the future when accumulation becomes a larger problem.

^ For some reason this sounds like an opinion to me, maybe consider revising?

Under "Effects on Animals" - and subheading "Defects in Animals" perhaps you could specify "Physical defects" since these are the only kind you list and then if you were to do any kind of endocrine disruption that would be a separate section anyway?

The "Ingestion" Section needs fixing up - it is not cohesive or well synthesized in general - tends to jump around from study to study. Perhaps this could be remedied by organizing the sections by the type of animal i.e. a "Bird ingestion" section, a "pelagic animal" or "sea animal" section for fish/sea turtles?

For "Effects on Humans" section: Be more succinct in the opening, especially if you are breaking down into subtopics.

This statement seems randomly/out of place? "It can also affect humans in which it may create an eyesore that interferes with enjoyment of the natural environment."

Finally, your "Reductions" section is really great! I just had one question about this sentence "Many studies have been done concerning the gaseous emissions that result from the incineration process." under "Incineration" - was wondering if you had a source or something to clarify this statement, and if not it is not really even necessary? What is this doing for your overall article - saying that there have been studies done, try to ask "so what?"

Going to do some minor copy-editing in the following sections: 1) Effects on Environment: Landfill & Ocean 2) Effects on Humans

Sorry for the long review, not meaning to be super critical but I think you guys are doing great was just some little things here and there to fix to make it awesome! Keep up the good work! Mantareina (talk) 03:59, 31 March 2015 (UTC)Mantareina

Mantareina: on what basis are you making this review - are you a scholar on plastic pollution? If you are another student in the same class, I think that you could related your commentary to your fellow students in person vs putting it here.--Smokefoot (talk) 13:21, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

What are we doing plastic pollution?

what are we doing for reducing this pollution have we ever asked ourselves we even dont know how much daily we are polluting our own environment with our stupid things we throw bits of plastic while travelling while travelling in train thousands of people throw tons of plastic including water bottles , food packets, paper cans without knowing that we are creating disaster for ourselves . we should realise the importance of environment in our daly life so that we should initiate a step to save it and protect it.116.202.79.253 (talk) 04:22, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

please read and follow WP:NOTFORUM. Thanks. Jytdog (talk) 08:44, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

Logic?

" sea turtles, have been found to contain large proportions of plastics in their stomach. When this occurs, the animal typically starves, because the plastic blocks the animal's digestive tract. Which blocks the passage of air and kill them"

This text makes no sense. Are they starving or suffocating? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DerElektriker (talk • contribs) 09:59, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Tap water

@Soulman78: The study results you added to the article are heavily scrutinized by independent experts: Zweifel an Mikroplastik-Fund in Trinkwasser, Umstrittene Studie zu Mikroplastik im Trinkwasser. Unfortunately, I haven't found an article in English yet. --Leyo 12:18, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

@Leyo: Thanks for letting me know, I will keep an eye out for English articles and add contending views when available.Soulman78 (talk) 17:29, 20 September 2017 (UTC)

Requested move 9 January 2019

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: no consensus to move the page to the proposed title at this time, per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 06:53, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

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Plastic pollution → Environmental impact of plastics – To be consistent will the other articles named 'Environmental impact of [...]' listed on the Template:Human impact on the environment. 144.85.240.106 (talk) 22:15, 9 January 2019 (UTC) --Relisting. Steel1943 (talk) 06:55, 18 January 2019 (UTC)

• Support per WP:CONSISTENCY. Rreagan007 (talk) 02:03, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• Support Per Rreagan._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 11:07, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
• Cautious Oppose. The pollution creates the issues. Not the other way round. - Kku (talk) 12:59, 11 January 2019 (UTC)
• Oppose. The article's focus is entirely on pollution in the form of plastic wastes which are not recycled or properly buried in landfills. There is nothing about the environmental impact of the manufacturing of plastics, or the environmental impact of their use in the intended purposes for which it was made. This is "consistent" with Genetic pollution, which is not Environmental impact of genes or Environmental impact of genetics. – wbm1058 (talk) 00:39, 25 January 2019 (UTC)

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I can not see the article

I can not see the article below:

" ==Reduction efforts==

Household items made of various types of plastic.

Efforts to reduce the use of plastics and to promote plastic recycling have occurred. Some supermarkets charge their customers for plastic bags, and in some places more efficient reusable or biodegradable materials are being used in place of plastics. Some communities and businesses have put a ban on some commonly used plastic items, such as bottled water and plastic bags. In January 2019 a "Global Alliance to End Plastic Waste" has been created. The alliance wants to clean the environment from existing waste and increase recycling, but it does not mention reduction in plastic production as one of its targets." I can see it when I edit, but I can not see it when I read the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by אלכסנדר סעודה (talk • contribs)

@אלכסנדר סעודה: This was due to a <ref name=" at the end of the previous paragraph. I'm trying to fix it, for now I've just removed it. ∰Bellezzasolo✡ Discuss 15:59, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

References

This article is Awful!

This article is terribly written, says nothing about the topic, is biased, etc. It should be deleted, or made into a stub to be built upon later. I won't do it because I have no WP account. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.108.125.194 (talk) 19:26, 4 April 2013 (UTC)

Please see my comment below. Northamerica1000^(talk) 13:49, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

This article also states some "facts" that are in complete opposition to the majority of the work I've read, including the sources of oceanic plastic pollution and really quick decomposition rates. It seems biased in some regards, and doesn't seem to really assign agency to people to deal with the problem--LauraCYates (talk) 23:35, 14 January 2016 (UTC)

Most this article seems to be written by people with minimal comprehension and negligible scientific background.

baden k. 200.68.142.36 (talk) 23:28, 27 June 2019 (UTC)

Ocean/land based sources of ocean plastic pollution

The statistics in these sections are incorrect. The general consensus for global marine pollution is that about 80% of plastic is land-based, while about 20% is ocean-based. This page's figures are based on this report: 'Hammer, J; Kraak, MH; Parsons, JR (2012). "Plastics in the marine environment: the dark side of a modern gift".' However, this report incorrectly quotes figures from the 'UNEP 2009b' report, which states: 'land-based-sources (LBS) at 89.1 percent, with 10.9 percent attributable to ocean-based sources (OBS).' In addition, these figures are for 'Marine litter sources in the Caribbean (1989-2005)', not globally. Blokewiki (talk) 18:26, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

It was estimated that global production of plastics is approximately 250 mt/yr.

This cannot believe. That should be a higher value — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.134.49.253 (talk) 05:50, 29 July 2018 (UTC)

If that truly is the general consensus, you should definitely change it. Maybe leave in the fringe position, too, but definitely you should correct it if you have good sources. Toad02 (talk) 13:24, 2 July 2019 (UTC)

Marine plastic patch

Which name can be applied to the Great Pacific Patch and similar patches in our planet?. Marine plastic patch can be the common name.--BoldLuis (talk) 12:42, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

Types of plastic debris

In the Types of plastic debris section why does it say Microplastics then it talks about Microdebris and then links to Microplastics article. This is confusing and some people will think that microplastics and microdebris are 2 differents things. Same thing for the Macrodebris NamelessLameless (talk) 00:55, 18 March 2020 (UTC)

False information about my country srilanka being 5th position on global ocean polluters list. Srilanka will be ended up at 22nd position as per the real calculation.

Hello sir, I am a University student who is currently pursuing his undergraduate degree in a state University. I was trying my best to talk to you for the last 2 weeks about a very important thing. Let me come to the point sir I am very much into preventing plastics from entering the ocean since my teenages..because i knew how important it is! Recently i came across this "Plastic Pollution" article in the Wikipedia and i was highly disappointed of one data! It is, The article included the countries who are top global ocean plastic polluters and my country srilanka has listed on 5th position!! This is was very shocking for me!! And i researched further about it. After researching more about it i found out that the information is FALSE!! as if we do the real calculation srilanka will be ended up on 22nd position in global polluters list.. I think this is a real serious issue on the article! One of srilankan researcher has done the real calculation and further clarification behind this misinformation and written a very informative report about this.he submitted the report to the "Science" who is responsible for that false data. But they never cared about his research and never corrected it and still let the false data to be there! I can provide the research report which is justifying the fact that srilanka cannot be in the 5th position.. Sir, i am working with 3 International eco saving groups and i am Sharing behalf of all those environmentalists.. If you consider this and make the change it will inspire and motivate and give a great confidence to the environmentalists like me... Please kindly consider this sir. I saw that you have edited the article two weeks ago...and i am putting this message today (5th of may 2020) please kindly consider about this misleading information on the article sir. Thank you so much for your attention sir. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shahidsrilanka (talk • contribs) 06:21, 5 May 2020 (UTC)

Do you have a reference for this reserach report? Selroh18 (talk) 11:09, 15 June 2020 (UTC)

Global spread of plastic-eating microorganisms

Some maps showing the spread of sea-based bacteria like Ideonella sakaiensis, Zalerium maritimum, ... (see plastisphere article) should be made available on that page (i.e. are they present in places where there is much plastic debris, like the garbage patches, or on beaches and certain rivers (i.e. Citarum, ...), known to carry much plastic waste ?

Also, are these bacteria commercially grown for allowing cleanup volunteers to spread them on beaches containing fine plastic particles, which are difficult to remove by hand? --Genetics4good (talk) 11:28, 24 May 2021 (UTC)

@Genetics4good: Do you know if such maps exist? There is more information about degredation at Plastisphere#Degradation_by_microorganisms -- I am fairly sure all the of the organic options for degredation of plastics are experimental at best at this point, Sadads (talk) 12:35, 24 June 2021 (UTC)

Science study on the amounts of plastic waste to be considered

Could someone please add the following Science study on the amounts of plastic waste to the article?

Borrelle, Stephanie B.; Ringma, Jeremy; Law, Kara Lavender; Monnahan, Cole C.; Lebreton, Laurent; McGivern, Alexis; Murphy, Erin; Jambeck, Jenna; Leonard, George H.; Hilleary, Michelle A.; Eriksen, Marcus (2020-09-18). "Predicted growth in plastic waste exceeds efforts to mitigate plastic pollution". Science. 369 (6510): 1515–1518. doi:10.1126/science.aba3656. PMID 32943526.

162.23.111.39 (talk) 08:37, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 09:10, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

Number of species known to ingest plastics

Information on the number of species known to ingest plastics from the following Science review article might be added to Plastic pollution#Ingestion:

Santos, Robson G.; Machovsky-Capuska, Gabriel E.; Andrades, Ryan (2021-07-02). "Plastic ingestion as an evolutionary trap: Toward a holistic understanding". Science. 373 (6550): 56–60. doi:10.1126/science.abh0945.

--62.202.181.170 (talk) 22:44, 9 July 2021 (UTC)

Please add the following sentence to Plastic pollution#Ingestion, just after the heading:

Overall, 1288 marine species are known to ingest plastic debris, with fish making up the largest fraction.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Santos|first=Robson G.|last2=Machovsky-Capuska|first2=Gabriel E.|last3=Andrades|first3=Ryan|date=2021-07-02|title=Plastic ingestion as an evolutionary trap: Toward a holistic understanding|journal=Science|volume=373|issue=6550|pages=56–60|doi=10.1126/science.abh0945}}</ref>

46.140.1.104 (talk) 13:50, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

 Done. ◢  Ganbaruby!  (talk) 18:40, 25 July 2021 (UTC)

Proposal to move content about microplastics in oceans to one central location

Please see a proposal I just made here to consolidate content about "microplastics in oceans" in one article (I've proposed the one on marine pollution) and to work with excerpts and links from other articles to there. I don't really mind WHERE (in which "main" article) the content is placed but it should be in just one article, and the other locations would link to it. Therefore, if someone has new data to add about how many tons of microplastics etc. they would only have to add it in one place and not in several. EMsmile (talk) 02:43, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Done. I have now moved content about plastics in oceans from this article to plastic soup. Please go to that article's talk page for further discussion about this. EMsmile (talk) 04:25, 13 September 2021 (UTC)

error

wildlife wildlife humans there is a error there im at school lol — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.40.74.122 (talk) 15:09, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 December 2021

https://www.anchoragemuseum.org/exhibits/gyre-the-plastic-ocean/ Further reading section - this was the world's first science and art expedition exploring plastic ocean waste, featured and funding by National Geographic, Smithsonian and others. Took Place in 2013 Flower sand (talk) 11:17, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

 Not done. Intriguing, but I don't think it would improve the reader's understanding of plastic waste as a subject, per Wikipedia:Further reading#Topical. ◢  Ganbaruby!  (talk) 22:01, 11 December 2021 (UTC)

Bias

The tone in this wiki entry is seriously biased in tone. For instance plastic producers “sabotaging” attempts to address plastic pollution based upon a changing markets foundation report. Is changing markets a non biased source? They dont seem to be. Also in the intro, it mentions plastic producers “taking advantage” of covid. It seems to me that people are demanding single use out of fear of infection

I have no love for corporate polluters, but this kind of bias and language lowers trust in the article and politicized this debate. 2601:1C0:717F:F200:71B8:30C9:DDF9:D7F (talk) 18:39, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

You are right, of course, but it's a big job to change the whole tone of an article. --Project Osprey (talk) 20:45, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

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Edits to the section 6.3.2 Legally binding plastics treaty

As of January 2022, the majority of UN Member States dozens of businesses, and nearly a thousand NGOs are calling for a legally-binding international instrument (such as a treaty) to deal with the plastic crisis. Reasons that are cited include the lack of coherence in existing international law, the transboundary nature of plastic, and the wide-ranging nature of the crisis. Many of the calls include demands for a full-lifecycle approach that would address everything from the extraction of raw materials to legacy plastic pollution.

The first session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) ended without a legally-binding agreement. Given the increased political momentum throughout 2021, countries are expected to outline the scope of an international legal instrument and begin negotiations during the second session of UNEA, currently scheduled for February-March 2022 in Nairobi, Kenya.

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References

Plastic

Why plastic is not degradable 106.79.212.152 (talk) 07:11, 3 March 2022 (UTC)

addition of new section- impacts on freshwater ecosystems

Since there is a section about marine plastic pollution and no existing wiki on freshwater plastic pollution, I added a section accounting for this and welcome everyone to review and contribute. Schw1890 (talk) 02:53, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

moving the content about action by country to a special page

There is too much content about action for reduce plastic by country. I think that most of it should be moved to a special page. There is already a page about action to reduce use of plastic bags Plastic bag ban. maybe we should turn it into something like 'action to reduce single use plastic by country" and put it there? User:EMsmile Alexander Sauda/אלכסנדר סעודה (talk) 15:03, 8 July 2022 (UTC)

I have no strong views on this. The article is indeed quite long (63 kB readable prose). I guess the section on "reduction efforts" could be moved to a sub-article and then expanded there. I wouldn't be in favour of a lengthy detailed title such as "action to reduce single use plastic by country". If it's modeled on the example of Plastic bag ban, it could be called "Plastic materials reduction efforts" or "Plastic materials ban". EMsmile (talk) 07:41, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

@אלכסנדר סעודה I think that splitting the article out sounds like a good idea. I would title it something like (inspired by @EMsmile) Plastic reduction policies or Plastic reduction policies by country, Sadads (talk) 23:28, 11 July 2022 (UTC)

Fine, I will do this. But what about turning the page "Plastic bag ban" to "Plastic reduction policies by country" and then add the content? I think if there will be 2 pages: "Plastic bag ban" and "Plastic reduction policies by country" in any case we will need to merge them after. @Sadads @EMsmile

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EVS

Plastic pollution 2405:201:8001:A0B4:71DA:395A:5F3D:2BAE (talk) 18:44, 14 November 2022 (UTC)

Plastic pollution

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Sad photo that could be relevant to the article

Saw this terrible scene the other day in a local park -- a dead American robin tangled in fishing line, hanging from a tree. Might be relevant to this article, but will defer to other editors. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 01:16, 9 May 2023 (UTC)

The Role of Policy in Reducing Microplastic Pollution

International and national policies aimed at reducing microplastic pollution

Assembly Resolution: In March 2019, the United Nations Environment Assembly adopted a resolution on addressing the issue of marine litter and microplastics. The resolution called for increased research, monitoring, and reporting on microplastic pollution, as well as for the development of effective policies and measures to reduce microplastic pollution

In 2019, the European Union adopted the Single-Use Plastics Directive, which aims to reduce the use and consumption of single-use plastics, including microplastics.

Several countries, including China, Kenya, and Rwanda, have implemented bans on plastic bags to reduce plastic waste, including microplastics.

Several countries, including France and Canada, have introduced regulations to limit the use of microplastics in various products, such as cosmetics, cleaning products, and food packaging.

The effectiveness of these policies and areas for improvement

Policies and regulations aimed at reducing microplastic pollution must be properly enforced to be effective.

Policies aimed at reducing single-use plastics, including microplastics, can be effective in reducing plastic pollution.

Policies aimed at reducing microplastic pollution must be supported by research and monitoring to track progress and identify areas for improvement Catnoirabdullah (talk) 16:46, 28 February 2023 (UTC)

Note for editors, publication that could be relevant to this wiki page: Policy Paper (September 2023), Standards and Related Initiatives in International Cooperation to End Plastic Pollution: Mapping and State of Play From the TESS Forum: Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDGs — Preceding unsigned comment added by Resganhou (talk • contribs) 13:14, 29 September 2023 (UTC)