Title 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.

Publication Info.	Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2022]
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Description	1 online resource (xvi, 252 pages) : color illustrations, color maps.
Series	Consensus study report
	Consensus study report.
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.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents	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 -- Appendix A. Biographies of the Committee on the United States Contributions to Global Ocean Plastic Waste -- Appendix B. Definitions and Acronyms -- Appendix C. Legal Framework -- Appendix D. Estuary Table -- Appendix E. Global Instruments and Activities Relevant to Ocean Plastic Pollution.
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Subject	Plastic marine debris -- Government policy -- United States.
	Plastic marine debris -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
	Plastic scrap -- Government policy -- United States.
	Plastic scrap -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
	Plastic marine debris -- Environmental aspects
	Plastic scrap -- Environmental aspects
	United States
Added Author	National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the United States Contributions to Global Ocean Plastic Waste.
	National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Ocean Studies Board.
	National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Division on Earth and Life Studies.
Note	Global ocean plastic waste
Other Form:	Print version: Reckoning with the U.S. role in global ocean plastic waste. Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2022] 0309458854 (OCoLC)1287920080
ISBN	9780309459020 (electronic book)
	0309459028 (electronic book)
	9780309458856 (paperback)
	0309458854 (paperback)

Title 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.

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