A Review on the Impact of Plastic Debris on Marine Environment

Ruhul A Khan

Review Article

A Review on the Impact of Plastic Debris on Marine Environment

Romana A Meem¹, Arif Ahmed¹, Kazi M Maraz², Md Shamim Hossain³ and Ruhul A Khan²*

¹Department of Environmental Science, Stamford University Bangladesh, Bangladesh

²Institute of Radiation and Polymer Technology, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh

³Department of Geography and Environmental Science, Begum Rokeya University, Bangladesh

Corresponding Author

Received Date: September 24, 2021; Published Date: November 23, 2021

Abstract

Marine plastic debris is increasing day by day resulting negative impacts on the marine biodiversity. Therefore, this review article summarizes the types of marine debris, sources of marine debris, impacts of marine plastics, and global initiatives for reducing plastic pollution in the marine environment. Both macro and micro plastics are coming from two sources including land (e.g. home, industry) and ocean (e.g. fishing). Plastics pose a great threat to organisms in the marine environment, for example, through ingestion or entanglement in the plastic. For addressing the issue of plastic pollution in the marine environment governments have formulated several laws and legislation and taken different approaches as well.

Keywords: Plastic debris; Marine environment; Ingestion; Entanglement; Government

Article Details

Citation

Romana A Meem, Arif Ahmed, Kazi M Maraz, Md Shamim Hossain, Ruhul A Khan. A Review on the Impact of Plastic Debris on Marine Environment. Mod Concept Material Sci. 4(5): 2021. MCMS. MS.ID.000591. DOI: 10.33552/MCMS.2021.04.000591.

Keywords

Plastic debris, Marine environment, Ingestion, Entanglement, Government, Plastic pollution, Micro plastics, Macro plastics, Temperature, Plastic ingestion, Entanglement