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Plastics in the Aquatic Environment - Part I pp 1–12Cite as

Role of Environmental Science in Solving the Plastic Pollution Issue

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The first volume of the book “Plastics in the Aquatic Environment” – “Part I: Current Status and Challenges” – gives insights into the role of environmental science and a global perspective. The volume includes 15 chapters dealing with different methods for sampling, sample preparation and analyses of these methods as well as monitoring studies and risks for organisms. Moreover, case studies about the plastic pollution problem from Asia, Latin America, and Europe are presented which gives the reader an integrated overview of the global scope of this issue.

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Acknowledgements

Evgeniia Kostianaia was partially supported in the framework of the Russian Science Foundation Project N 21-17-00191 (2021–2023) “Monitoring of water exchange through the Kerch Strait based on state-of-the-art methods of observations and numerical modeling”.

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Stock, F., Reifferscheid, G., Brennholt, N., Kostianaia, E. (2021). Role of Environmental Science in Solving the Plastic Pollution Issue. In: Stock, F., Reifferscheid, G., Brennholt, N., Kostianaia, E. (eds) Plastics in the Aquatic Environment - Part I. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, vol 111. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2021_780

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