Documento - junio 7, 2017
The report “A Mediterranean full of plastic. Research on plastic pollution, impacts and solutions” which highlights key facts and figures on plastic pollution in this sea, such as 96% of floating litter sampled in the Mediterranean is plastic, or that plastic has been found to depths up to 3000m in the Mediterranean and been identified in more than 90% of samples collected in the deep sea floor.
The report also highlights the impacts plastic pollution has on marine flora and fauna, compiling data such as plastic accounting for 97.3% of the debris ingested by loggerhead turtles in the Mediterranean.
Mediterranean plastic report-engLR