Microplastics have received increased attention in the research world over the last ten years. A number of significant publications by the World Health Organisa

This book describes how man-made litter, primarily plastic, has spread into the remotest parts of the oceans and covers all aspects of this pollution problem fr

This open access book examines global plastic pollution, an issue that has become a critical societal challenge with implications for environmental and public h

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This volume focuses on microscopic plastic debris, also referred to as microplastics, which have been detect

The world’s ever increasing use of plastics has created large areas of floating plastic waste in the oceans—so-called plastic soup. This floating plastic de