Global assessment of innovative solutions to tackle marine litter

Nikoleta Bellou (), Chiara Gambardella, Konstantinos Karantzalos, João Gama Monteiro, João Canning-Clode, Stephanie Kemna, Camilo A. Arrieta-Giron and Carsten Lemmen
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Nikoleta Bellou: Helmholtz Zentrum Hereon
Chiara Gambardella: CNR IAS—National Research Council, Institute for the Study of Anthropic Impacts and Sustainability in the Marine Environment
Konstantinos Karantzalos: National Technical University of Athens
João Gama Monteiro: Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação (ARDITI)
João Canning-Clode: Agência Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigação Tecnologia e Inovação (ARDITI)
Stephanie Kemna: Maritime Robotics AS
Camilo A. Arrieta-Giron: Helmholtz Zentrum Hereon
Carsten Lemmen: Helmholtz Zentrum Hereon

Nature Sustainability, 2021, vol. 4, issue 6, 516-524

Abstract: Abstract Marine litter is one of the most relevant pollution problems that our oceans are facing today. Marine litter in our oceans is a major threat to a sustainable planet. Here, we provide a comprehensive analysis of cutting-edge solutions developed globally to prevent, monitor and clean marine litter. Prevention in this research includes only innovative solutions to prevent litter entering oceans and seas rather than interventions such as waste reduction and recycling. On the basis of extensive search and data compilation, our analysis reveals that information is dispersed across platforms and is not easily accessible. In total, 177 solutions—the equivalent to

Date: 2021
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