Further Reading and References

Allsopp, M., Walters, A., Santillo, D., Johnston, P. (n.d.). Plastic debris in the World’s Oceans. Greenpeace International. Amsterdam, Netherlands

Andrady, A. L. (1990). Environmental Degradation of Plastics Under Land and Marine Exposure Conditions. In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Marine Debris, Shomura, R.S. and M.L. Godfrey (eds.). U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC.

Andrady, A. L., & Neal, M, A. (2009). Applications and societal benefits of plastic. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 364, 1977 – 1984.

Barnes, D. K. A. (n.d.). Natural and Plastic Flotsam Stranding in the Indian Ocean.

DEFRA (2011). Charting Progress 2 – Clean Seas: Litter. From http://chartingprogress.defra.gov.uk/clean-seas-litter

Derraik, J. G. B. (2002). The pollution of the marine environment by plastic debris: a review. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 44, 843 – 852.

Gregory, M. R. (2009). Environmental implications of plastic debris in marine settings – entanglement, ingestion, smothering, hangers-on, hitch-hiking and alien invasions. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 364, 2013 – 2025.

Hopewell, J., Dvorak, R. & Kosier, E. (2009). Plastics recycling: challenges and opportunities. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 364, 2115 – 2116.

Kiley, D. (2007, October 18). Plastic Water Bottles: How many will just say No? [Electronic version] Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved from Bloomberg website: http://nybw.businessweek.com/the_thread/brandnewday/archives/2007/10/plastic_water_bottles_how_many_will_just_say_no.html

Law, K. L., Moret-Ferguson, S. Maximenko, N. A., Proskurowski, G., Peacock, E. E., Hafner, J. & Reddy, C. M. (2010). Plastic Accumulation in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre. Science Express. Published online 19 August 2010; 10.1126/science.1192321

McIlgorm, A., Campbell, H. F. & Rule M. J. (2008). Understanding the economic benefits and costs of controlling marine debris in the APEC region. National Marine Science Centre (University of New England and Southern Cross University), NSW, Australia.

Moore, C. J., Moore, S. L., Leecaster, M. K. & Weisberg, S. B. (2001). A Comparison of Plastic and Plankton in the North Pacific Gyre. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 42, 1297 – 1300.

NOAA. (2008) At-Sea Detection Cruise: March 24-April 9, 2008. National Ocean Service. Retrieved March 21, 2011, from http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/projects/atsea_cruise.html

NOAA. (2009) Removing Marine Debris for the “Dogs that Run in the Rough Sea. National Ocean Service. Retrieved March 21, 2011, from http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/news/features/nov09/nwhimd.html

NOAA. (2011). Demystifying the great pacific garbage patch. National Ocean Service. Retrieved March 2, 2011, from http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/info/patch.html#7

Plastics Europe, (2009). The Compelling Facts About Plastic 2009: An analysis of European plastic production, demand and recovery for 2008. Brussels, Belgium: Association of Plastics Manufacturers

Plastics Europe, (2010). Plastics – the Facts 2010, An analysis of European plastics production, demand and recovery for 2009. Brussels, Belgium: Association of Plastics Manufacturers

Plastics Europe, (2010). Plastics Europe’s Views on the Marine Litter Challenge. Retrieved May 12, 2010, from http://www.plasticseurope.org/documents/document/20101005110258-plasticseurope_views_on_marine_litter_rev1__april_2010.pdf

Plastic Europe. (2010) Marine Litter Debate. PolyTalk ’10. Retrieved August 10 , 2010, from

http://www.plasticseurope.org/Event/polytalk10.aspx?page=EVENTS

Talsness, C. E., Andrade, A. J. M., Kuriyama, S. N., Taylor, J. A. & vom Saal, F. S. (2009). Components of plastic: experimental studies in animals and relevance for human health. Phil. Trans, R. Soc. B 364, 2079 – 2096

TEEB for Business. (2011). The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity. Retrieved March 17, 2011, from www.teebweb.org

Ten Brink, P., Lutchman, I., Bassi, S., Speck, S., Sheavly, S., Register, K., and Woolaway, C., 2009. Guidelines on the Use of Market-based Instruments to Address the Problem of Marine Litter. Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP), Brussels, Belgium, and Sheavly Consultants, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA

Thomas, J. (2008). Plastic Plants. New Internationalist Magazine. Retrieved March 16, 2011, from http://www.newint.org/features/2008/09/01/plastic-plants/

Thompson, R. C., Moore, C. J., Andrady. A. L., Gregory, M., Takada, H. & Weisberg, S. (2005). New directions in plastic debris. Science 304, 1117

Thompson, R. C., Swan, S. H., Moore, C. J. & vom Saal, F. S. (2009). Plastics, the environment and human health: current consensus and future trends. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 364, 2153 – 2166

United Nations (2002) Oceans: the source of Life. Retrieved March 12, 2011, from http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/convention_20years/oceanssourceoflife.pdf

UNEP (2006). Ecosystems and Biodiversity in Deep Waters and High Seas. UNEP Regional Seas Reports and Studies No. 178. UNEP/ IUCN, Switzerland 2006.

Zarfl, C. & Matthies, M. 2010 Are marine plastic particles transport vectors for organic pollutants to the Arctic? Marine Pollution Bulletin 60 (2010) 1810 – 1814.