Beach litter in three South American countries: A baseline for restarting monitoring and cleaning after COVID-19 closure

被引：2

作者：

Botero, C. M. ^{[1
,2
]}

Palacios, M. A. ^{[3
]}

Souza Filho, J. R. ^{[4
]}

Milanes, C. B. ^{[5
,6
]}

机构：

[1] Playas Corporac Ltd, Coastal Syst Res Grp, Santa Marta, Colombia

[2] Dalhousie Univ, Fac Management, Halifax, NS, Canada

[3] Univ Pacific, Marine & Environm Fac, Guayaquil, Ecuador

[4] Inst Fed Educ Ciencia & Tecnol Baiano IFBAIANO, Salvador, BA, Brazil

[5] Univ Costa, Civil & Environm Dept, GeMarc & GESSA Res Grp, Barranquilla, Colombia

[6] Coiba Sci Stn Coiba AIP, Panama City, Panama

来源：

MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN | 2023年 / 191卷

关键词：

Beach cleaning; Vegetation litter; Latin America; Proplayas network; Waste management;

D O I：

10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114915

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

The COVID-19 pandemic caused that most countries established the closure of many beaches, affecting the scientific monitoring of thousands of coastal sectors. This article shows the status of beach litter in South America before and after COVID-19 closure. The data were obtained during the years 2019, 2020 and 2022 on 25 beaches using a technique BLAT-QQ. The results show that cigarette butts were the most frequent type of litter, meanwhile Brazil should improve cleanliness of general gross litter and gross polystyrene. Colombia gross vegetation litter and small vegetation litter, and Ecuador organic litter from animals. The results shown in qualitative and quantitative manner facilitate their understanding for managers, scholars and activists interested on beach litter monitoring. This baseline is useful to analyse regional and worldwide marine litter trends with the purpose to start or restart monitoring of tourist beaches from a science-based method.

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