75% of litter on city beaches is plastic, finds study

Category : Plastic pollution | Location : National  | Posted on 2023-02-24 05:35:20

Plastics overwhelmingly dominate the contents of marine debris found on the city’s sandy beaches according to a new assessment of anthropogenic litter by researchers at the Aquatic Environment and Health Management Division, ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education (CIFE), Mumbai. The findings, experts said, highlight the enormous threat that such pollutants pose to marine ecologies and wildlife, and also point toward the city’s poor waste management practices.