Plastic waste occurrence on a beach off southwestern Luzon, Philippines.

Autor: Paler MKO; School of Environmental Science and Management, University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, Laguna, Philippines; Department of Biology, University of San Carlos, Cebu City, Philippines. Electronic address: mopaler@up.edu.ph., Malenab MCT; School of Environmental Science and Management, University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, Laguna, Philippines; Department of Social Development Services, College of Human Ecology, University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, Laguna, Philippines., Maralit JR; School of Environmental Science and Management, University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, Laguna, Philippines; Optimal Laboratories, Inc., Lipa City, Batangas, Philippines., Nacorda HM; School of Environmental Science and Management, University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, Laguna, Philippines.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Marine pollution bulletin [Mar Pollut Bull] 2019 Apr; Vol. 141, pp. 416-419. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Mar 08.
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.02.006
Abstrakt: The Philippines is one of the countries with the highest plastic waste inputs into the ocean yet there is dearth of information on the level of contamination by plastic wastes in local marine ecosystems. This study aims to provide a plastic litter profile in a local beach as an initial report on plastic waste contamination in a typical coast. Likewise, microplastic (MP) occurrence is measured to establish baseline data on MP level. Results showed that, at sampling time, the beach had a high level of plastic contamination. The Clean-coast index was calculated at 13.14 (classified under 'dirty') and, indeed, plastics comprised 85% of the beach litter. The most abundant plastic litter was plastic wrapper as sachet, which is a ubiquitous packaging type in the Philippines. Furthermore, microplastic count sans fibers was at 0.26 items/g, which is comparable to regional data so far.
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