HULL SCRAPINGS AND MARINE COATINGS AS A SOURCE OF MICROPLASTICS

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Hull Scrapings and Marine Coatings as a Source of Microplastics Table of Contents 1. Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 1 1.1. Rationale.................................................................................................................1 1.2. Study objectives......................................................................................................2 2. Plastics in marine environments........................................................................................3 2.1. Background ............................................................................................................ 3 2.1.1 Plastics and associated pollution...............................................................3 2.2. Microplastics ........................................................................................................... 5 2.2.1 Definition ................................................................................................... 5 2.2.2 Sources of marine microplastics other than hull scrapings and marine coatings ...........................................................5 3. AFS, marine coatings and maintenance ...........................................................................7 3.1. Background ............................................................................................................ 7 3.2. Ship coatings and microplastics..............................................................................7 3.2.1 Background .............................................................................................. 7 3.2.2 Microplastics, general operational release .................................................8 3.2.3 Microplastics from in-water hull cleaning .................................................10 4. Next steps......................................................................................................................14 4.1. Data gaps.............................................................................................................14 4.2. Recommended research.......................................................................................15 5. Summary and conclusions .............................................................................................16 References .............................................................................................................................. 17 Appendix – websites not in reference list .................................................................................23

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