Estimation and prediction of plastic waste annual input into the sea from China

BAI Mengyu; ZHU Lixin; AN Lihui; PENG Guyu; LI Daoji

doi:10.1007/s13131-018-1279-0

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BAI Mengyu, ZHU Lixin, AN Lihui, PENG Guyu, LI Daoji. Estimation and prediction of plastic waste annual input into the sea from China[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2018, 37(11): 26-39. doi: 10.1007/s13131-018-1279-0

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BAI Mengyu, ZHU Lixin, AN Lihui, PENG Guyu, LI Daoji. Estimation and prediction of plastic waste annual input into the sea from China[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2018, 37(11): 26-39. doi: 10.1007/s13131-018-1279-0

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Estimation and prediction of plastic waste annual input into the sea from China

doi: 10.1007/s13131-018-1279-0

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State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China

Received Date: 2018-08-23

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Marine plastic debris has been a pervasive issue since the last century, and research on its sources and fates plays a vital role in the establishment of mitigation measures. However, data on the quantity of plastic waste that enters the sea on a certain timescale remain largely unavailable in China. Here, we established a model using material flow analysis method based on life cycle assessment to follow plastic product from primary plastic to plastic waste with statistical data and monitoring data from accurate sources. This model can be used to estimate and forecast the annual input of plastic waste into the sea from China until 2020. In 2011, 0.547 3-0.751 5 million tons of plastic waste entered the seas in China, with a growth rate of 4.55% per year until 2017. And the amount will decrease to 0.257 1 to 0.353 1 million tons in 2020 under the influence of governmental management. The amount of plastic waste discharged from coastal areas calculated in this study was much larger than that from river, thus it is suggested to strengthen the governance and control of plastic waste in coastal fishery activities in China in order to reduce the amount of marine plastic waste input.
- plastic waste,
- prediction,
- China,
- marine,
- material flow analysis

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