Not only our feet leave footprints on sandy beaches – our global reliance on artificial polymers is leading to a visible and pervasive Plastic Footprint in the marine environment
This report offers, for the first time, a comprehensive framework to measure the inventory of marine plastic leakage, step-by-step and using a life-cycle perspective. It also offers generic data that can be used to calculate marine plastic leakage for a defined list of identified sources, including plastic waste, textile fibres, tyre dust, micro beads in cosmetics, and fishing nets.
