Pregledni rad

https://doi.org/10.18048/2016.51.04

Plastic Pollution from Ships

Jelena Čulin orcid.org/0000-0002-1074-9336
Toni Bielić ; University of Zadar, Maritime Department, Mihovila Pavlinovića 1, 23000 Zadar, Croatia

Sažetak

The environmental impact of shipping on marine environment includes discharge of garbage. Plastic litter is of particular concern due to abundance, resistance to degradation and detrimental effect on marine biota. According to recently published studies, a further research is required to assess human health risk. Monitoring data indicate that despite banning plastic disposal at sea, shipping is still a source of plastic pollution. Some of the measures to combat the problem are discussed.

Ključne riječi

plastic pollution; marine environment; shipping; MARPOL 73/78 Annex V; education; environmental awareness

Hrčak ID:

153520

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/153520

Datum izdavanja:

1.3.2016.

Posjeta: 8.466 *