Quantification and Identification of Marine Litter on Five Beaches of the North-Central Algerian Coast

Yousra Ghezali; Boualem Hamdi; Shernai Safia; Setiti Skander

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-42917-0_14

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Quantification and Identification of Marine Litter on Five Beaches of the North-Central Algerian Coast

Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation/Advances in science, technology & innovation 2023

Yousra Ghezali, Boualem Hamdi, Shernai Safia, Setiti Skander

Summary

Researchers quantified and identified marine litter on five beaches along Algeria's north-central coast, finding plastic fragments and fishing gear dominate the debris, with significant accumulation driven by inadequate waste management. Beach litter surveys in understudied African coastal regions are essential for building a complete global picture of plastic pollution sources and the pathways through which macroplastics degrade into microplastics.

Plastics are primary marine pollutants that significantly threaten the environment, contaminating every part of the globe. As a result, litter is abandoned alongside the Algeria coastline. The most common litter includes plastic fragments, fishing gear, and...

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