ocean debris
Floating marine trash
Ocean debris is trash and other discarded materials floating in or washed up from the sea.
The term covers everything from plastic bottles and fishing nets to shipping containers lost overboard.
Beach cleanups collected tons of ocean debris after the storm.
Also called marine debris.
- packaging wasteDiscarded product coverings
- plastic bottlesMolded polymer drink vessels
- plastic strawHollow tube for beverages
- bottle capsRemovable drink container seals
- microplasticsSub-5mm synthetic environmental particles
fishing nets · pumice stones · driftwood · oil spills · flotsam · ghost nets · fishing line · polystyrene · sea glass · aluminum cans · garbage patch · pollution · electronic waste · styrofoam · synthetic fibers · gyre · pebbles · polyethylene
- pollutionair pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, smog, toxic waste
- waste managementwaste, trash, garbage, rubbish, refuse
- shipping impactscarbon emissions, packaging waste, storage fees, lost cargo, freight rates
- polar pollutionoil spills, soot, fuel spills, fuel leaks, ice melt