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dc.contributorScience Divisionen_US
dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programmeen_US
dc.coverage.spatialGlobalen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-14T13:22:52Z
dc.date.available2017-12-14T13:22:52Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/22313
dc.descriptionThe global production of plastics has increased from 1.5 million tons in 1950s to about 300 million tons currently, at an average rate of 4 per cent per annum and is expected to continue growing (Boucher and Friot 2017). About 50 per cent of the plastics produced is for single use, and the literature estimates that 8 million tons (2.5 per cent) of the plastic produced are leaked into the oceans annually (PlasticsEurope 2016).en_US
dc.formatTexten_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.relation.ispartofForesight Brief: Early Warning, Emerging Issues and Futuresen_US
dc.rightsPublicen_US
dc.subjectMARINE POLLUTIONen_US
dc.subjectPLASTICSen_US
dc.titleMarine Plastics Litter and Microplastics - Foresight Brief No. 002 - September 2017en_US
wd.identifier.newreleaseYesen_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 14 - Life Below Wateren_US
wd.identifier.sdgiohttp://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000048


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