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Spatial distribution of Floating Macrolitter Loading from Europe into the ocean

Figure Created 22 Dec 2022 Published 19 Jan 2023 Last modified 19 Jan 2023

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Topics: Water and marine environment

The map shows the spatial distribution of Floating Macrolitter Loading from Europe into the ocean based on mean-based modelled estimates calculated using the RIMMEL database. The coloured dots represent litter loading predicted on the basis of the Mamanaged Waste in each individual drainage basin, including permanent rivers, non-permanent rivers and streams.

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Units:: Number of floating macrolitter items per year
Rights:: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
Owners:: European Environment Agency (EEA)
Processors:: Maluca research lab (University of Cádiz, Biology department)
Figure type:: Map

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Floating macrolitter data collected in 2016-2017. Modelled estimates using population data from 2015 and Waste Management data from 2010

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Albania Austria Baltic Sea Belgium Black Sea Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czechia Denmark Eastern Mediterranean Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kosovo (UNSCR 1244/99) Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Montenegro Netherlands North Atlantic Ocean North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Western Mediterranean