Water Plastic Pollution - Source of the debris

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Thanks to the preliminary results of the Race for Water Odyssey, what can be said about the origin of plastic debris? Do they mainly come from land or from shipping activities?

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  1. The origin of plastic debris cannot be defined with certainty. However, according to the categories of plastic debris considered in our study, fishing lines and ropes are significantly represented but far less than the hard plastic fragments and other land-based plastic debris. In other terms, land-based debris is probably the main source of marine plastic debris, while fishing activities also contribute to a non negligible part of the plastic pollution.