Seafloor litter along the Italian coastal zone An integrated approach to identify sources of marine litter

Seafloor litter along the Italian coastal zone : An integrated approach to identify sources of marine litter

Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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Publié dans:Waste management (New York, N.Y.). - 1999. - 124(2021) vom: 01. Apr., Seite 203-212
Auteur principal: Scotti, Gianfranco (Auteur)
Autres auteurs: Esposito, Valentina, D'Alessandro, Michela, Panti, Cristina, Vivona, Pietro, Consoli, Pierpaolo, Figurella, Fabio, Romeo, Teresa
Format: Article en ligne
Langue:English
Publié: 2021
Accès à la collection:Waste management (New York, N.Y.)
Sujets:Journal Article PADI AWARE Plastic litter Scuba diver volunteers Seafloor litter Plastics Waste Products
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Résumé:Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
A heterogeneous amount of waste of different origins is continuously generated along Italian coasts in the Mediterranean Sea. In this paper, using information regarding the quantities and the different types of marine litter based on Project AWARE's "Dive Against Debris" data, we try to identify the main sources of this waste. In particular, the methodological approach used associates the origin of marine litter sources with the dataset of geo-localised state-owned maritime concessions, which are loaded by the granting bodies (regions, municipalities, port authorities) on the State Property Information System (Sid). The sources of marine litter were evaluated using the matrix scoring technique (MST). Then, to assess the weight of each source in each station, the community-level weighted mean (CWM) was calculated. Single-use plastic accounted for the highest percentage (19.13%), followed by glass beverage bottles (10.90%), shopping bags (9.03%), aluminium beverage cans (4.91%), and cigarette butts (4.61%). Tourism and beach users contributed to 42.3% of the litter found, followed by fishing (15.7%) and yachting (11.3%). The overlapping of the data collected by scuba divers with the state concessions of activities from offshore and mainland areas was used to distinguish the anthropic pressures that impact the coast. Policy makers and the local administrator may use these results to define new methods of collection and reuse of anthropic waste through a more harmonised approach in the management of marine waste
Description:Date Completed 16.03.2021
Date Revised 16.03.2021
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1879-2456
DOI:10.1016/j.wasman.2021.01.034