Study on the discharging characteristics of large plastic litters along Wenzhou coastal
DENG Ting1,2, GAO Jun-min1, WU Wen-nan1,2, QIAN Yu-lin2, AN Li-hui2
1. Key Laboratory of the Three Gorges Reservoir Region's Eco-Environment, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China;
2. State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
The present study aimed to investigate the distribution and components of plastic litter along Wenzhou coastal for revealing the discharging characteristics of beach trash, including marine fishing aquaculture regions, shipping ports regions, tourism regions, and catering regions; then, the amounts of trash discharged from different human activities regions were estimated. The preliminary results showed that the plastic litters were the main components in Bifengtang fishing port region (S4), accounting for 91.68%, and these plastic litter was made of polyethylene, polystyrene and polypropylene mainly; while the polystyrene foam was dominated in Dongsha fishing port (S2, 26.75%) and Xiaguan aquaculture regions (S6, 23.66%). However, the percentage of plastic litter was the lowest (33.13%) in catering region with various types. And these plastic trash included plastic bags, bottles, containers, straws, and fragments. Lastly, a total of 1.21×104t/year of plastic litter was estimated to be discarded from marine fishery and tourism activities into marine environment. Thus, it is urgent to take effective actions to control the discharging sources of plastic litter, such as the marine fishing activities, to prevent the marine plastic litter and microplastics pollution further.
邓婷, 高俊敏, 吴文楠, 钱玉林, 安立会. 温州沿海大型塑料垃圾排放特征研究[J]. 中国环境科学, 2018, 38(11): 4354-4360.
DENG Ting, GAO Jun-min, WU Wen-nan, QIAN Yu-lin, AN Li-hui. Study on the discharging characteristics of large plastic litters along Wenzhou coastal. CHINA ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCECE, 2018, 38(11): 4354-4360.
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