Comparison of inventories of plastic in different global marine reservoirs (opens in new tab)

Elucidating how much plastic debris by mass is contained in major reservoirs in the marine environment has long been a knowledge gap in the field. Knowledge of major reservoirs and solving the mass balance can inform mitigation and remediation efforts. Our objective was to review the field’s progress in quantifying major reservoirs of plastic pollution in the marine environment, and to assess whether achieving a mass balance is currently feasible with the information available. We compiled es...