(Like the knowledge about marine litter is constantly evolving this list is work in progress and not (never) complete ... Let me know if you miss and would like to recommend a source to add)
Waste:
Economic impact of Marine Litter:
- WorldBank: "What a Waste: A Global Review of Solid Waste Management"
- UNEP: "Vital Waste Graphics 3"
- WorldWatch
- Marine litter within the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive; F. Galgani, G. Hanke, S. Werner and L. De Vrees;
- EU Commission Good Environmental Status, Descriptor 10, Marine Litter
- Final assessment report about the reduction made possible through changes in EU waste legislation
- UNEP - MAP, “Regional Plan on Marine Litter Management in the Mediterranean in the Framework of Article 15 of the Land Based Sources Protocol” Regional Action Plan, Barcelona Convention
- OSPAR Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter
- SOURCES, FATE AND EFFECTS OF MICROPLASTICS IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT: PART 2 OF A GLOBAL ASSESSMENT, GESAMP, 2017
- Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean, J. Jambeck, et.al., Science, 2015
- SOURCES, FATE AND EFFECTS OF MICROPLASTICS IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT: A GLOBAL ASSESSMENT; GESAMP WG40 - Report 90; 2015
- UNEP Year Book 2014 emerging issues update - Plastic Debris in the Ocean; UNEP; 2014
- Plastic debris in the open ocean, A. Cózara et.al., PNAS, 2014
- Microplastics Brochure; UNEP; 2014
- Marine Debris in the North Pacific - A Summary of Existing Information and Identification of Data Gaps; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; 2011
- Marine Litter, an analytic overview; UNEP 2005
- Marine Litter - Trash that kills; UNEP 2001
- A Report of the Study Panel on Assessing Potential Ocean Pollutants to the Ocean Affairs Board, Commission on Natural Resources, National Research Council National Research Council (U.S.). ; NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES WASHINGTON, D.C. 1975 comment: the mother of the 6.4 Million tons estimation p.400ff
- Harm caused by Marine Litter, S.Werner et.al., EU Com JRC, 2016
Economic impact of Marine Litter:
- Plastic Waste Causes Financial Damage of US$13 Billion to Marine Ecosystems Each Year...; UNEP; 2014
- Valuing plastic: the business case for measuring, managing and disclosing plastic use in the consumer goods industry; Trucost; 2014
- Economic Impacts of Marine Litter; KIMO; September 2010
- Amount of plastics produced: Plastics the facts 2013, PlasticsEurope
- The impact of plastic packaging on energy consumption and GHG emissions; Denkstatt; 2010
- Plastic: To Good To be Thrown Away; NYT; Susan Freinkel; 2011
- Plastics in the Danube; Umweltbundesamt; Austria; 2015
- High-levels of microplastic pollution in a large, remote, mountain lake; C. M. Free, et.al., 2014
- Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean; Jenna R. Jambeck; Science; 16 January 2015; 10.1126/science.1260879
- The H2020 Mediterranean Report by EEA and UNEP/MAP, review of environmental progress, municipal waste, urban waste water and industrial pollution, May 2014
- Study on land-sourced litter (LSL) in the marine environment (review report), Dr. Georg Mehlhart et.al., Öko-Institut e.V., 2012
- Plastic debris in the open ocean, A. Cózar et.al. ; 2014; PNAS
- Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans: More than 5 Trillion Plastic Pieces Weighing over 250,000 Tons Afloat at Sea; Marcus Eriksen , Laurent C. M. Lebreton, et.al.; December 10, 2014; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111913
- Numerical modelling of floating debris in the world’s oceans; L.C.-M. Lebreton; DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.10.027
- The Seas of Plastic 2 - MED, DumPark, ~2014
- The Seas of Plastic; DumPark; 2012
- How well-connected is the surface of the global ocean?; G. Froyland et.al.; 2014; http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4892530
- Floating debris in the Mediterranean Sea; G. Suaria et.al.; Marine Pollution Bulletin; Elsevier; 2014
- Marine Litter Distribution and Density in European Seas, from the Shelves to Deep Basins
Chr.K. Pham; et.al.; PLoSone; 2014; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095839 - Scales of Spatial Heterogeneity of Plastic Marine Debris in the Northeast Pacific Ocean
M.C. Goldstein, et.al.; PLoSone; 2013; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080020 - THE GARBAGE PATCH IN THE OCEANS: THE PROBLEM AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS; Marzia Sesini; 2011
- Plastikmüll im Meer 1: Zahlen im Vergleich; Anja Krieger
- Plastikmüll im Meer 2: Regionen Zahlen Vergleich; Anja Krieger
- The pollution of the marine environment by plastic debris: a review; Jose G.B. Derraik; 2002
- NOAA - Marine Debris
- Algalita
- SCRIBBS
- Let's Do It! World
- IMARES
- Seas at Risk
- Ocean Initiatives (Co hosted cleanups) by Surfrider Foundation
- Marine Litter Solutions - Coalition against Marine Litter by 60 plastics associations
- Plastic Garbage Project
- Marine Litter Network by UNEP GPML
- eCoast Waste Free Ocean Pilot Study
- Chris Vamfun: A really kind and experienced engineer in the US working with schools on robotics projects
- LiquidRobotics, the coolest drive train I know off
- ThingFul - Website to see the internet of things
- MarineTraffic - Website showing all registered ships globally
- Interactive debate about The Ocean Cleanup, MDI
- The Fallacy of Cleaning the Gyres of Plastic With a Floating "Ocean Cleanup Array", by Stiv Wilson, 07/17/13
- The Ocean Cleanup. The newest of the new plans to remove marine plastic; 26.03.2013, KIM MARTINI
- The Ocean Cleanup, Part 1: Alternatives to reduce ocean plastic; JULY 14, 2014 BY KIM MARTINI
- The Ocean Cleanup, Part 2: Technical review of the feasibility study; JULY 14, 2014 BY KIM MARTINI
- Using Wave Energy to drive the boat , rex research
- Global Air & Water currents in real time: Earth by Nullschool.net
- Global Wave height projections by NOAA
- Water Witch (UK): Water Debris collection since more than 40 years from Liverpool.
- One Earth - One Ocean (GER): Technologies (Man driven Catamarans) to clean waterways.
- The Ocean Cleanup by Boyan Slat (NL): The dream to collect litter and to make profit with it.
Finance & Funding Options
_ Call for proposal "Best practices for action plans to develop integrated, regional monitoring programmes, coordinated programmes of measures and addressing data and knowledge gaps in coastal and marine waters" - "DG ENV/MSFD Action Plans/ 2014" , Finance available: EUR 2.460.000 , Deadline for applications: 17 November 2014, 17:00 hrs at the latest. Contact: [email protected] Further Info: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/funding/msfd_14.htm
