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Marine Solid Pollution—From Macroplastics to Nanoplastics
Summary
Global plastic production has grown from under 10 million tons in the 1960s to over 300 million tons by the 2010s, driving the transition of marine pollution from visible macroplastics down to nanoscale particles that permeate every ocean environment. This trajectory underscores the urgent need for production controls and improved waste management before nanoplastic contamination becomes irreversible across marine ecosystems.
It is not surprising that we are interested in plastics as one of the most prominent polluting agents of the twenty-first century. We have gone from producing less than 10 million tons in the 1960s to more than 300 million in the 2010s. That plastic has had time to...