Author: United States. National Advisory Committee on Oceans and AtmospherePublisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The Role of the Ocean in a Waste Management Strategy
Author: United States. National Advisory Committee on Oceans and AtmospherePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher:
ISBN: 9780309458856
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
An estimated 8 million metric tons (MMT) of plastic waste enters the world's ocean each year - the equivalent of dumping a garbage truck of plastic waste into the ocean every minute. Plastic waste is now found in almost every marine habitat, from the ocean surface to deep sea sediments to the ocean's vast mid-water region, as well as the Great Lakes. This report responds to a request in the bipartisan Save Our Seas 2.0 Act for a scientific synthesis of the role of the United States both in contributing to and responding to global ocean plastic waste. The United States is a major producer of plastics and in 2016, generated more plastic waste by weight and per capita than any other nation. Although the U.S. solid waste management system is advanced, it is not sufficient to deter leakage into the environment. Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste calls for a national strategy by the end of 2022 to reduce the nation's contribution to global ocean plastic waste at every step - from production to its entry into the environment - including by substantially reducing U.S. solid waste generation. This report also recommends a nationally-coordinated and expanded monitoring system to track plastic pollution in order to understand the scales and sources of U.S. plastic waste, set reduction and management priorities, and measure progress.
Fiscal Year 1987 Department of Energy Authorization: Uranium enrichment, nuclear waste management
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Energy Research and ProductionPublisher:
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Category : Energy development
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The Ocean Plastics Reduction Guide
Author: European Investment BankPublisher: European Investment Bank
ISBN: 9286150288
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
The objective of this guide is to raise awareness about the oceans' crucial importance to us and to the planet, and the growing threats posed by plastics discharged into and accumulating in the oceans. The guide outlines the key problems and challenges and how these can be addressed. The guide is promoting circular solutions to the ocean plastic pollution, and intends to inspire impactful action and change.
Ocean Dumping
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on OceanographyPublisher:
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Category : Marine resources conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 406
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Oceanography miscellaneous
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on OceanographyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Environmental Effects of Sewage Sludge Disposal
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture Research, and EnvironmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
EPA-540/2
Author: Technological Approaches to the Cleanup of Radiologically Contaminated Superfund Sites
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Radioactive decontamination
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Ocean Pollution
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on OceanographyPublisher:
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Category : Environmental monitoring
Languages : en
Pages : 802
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