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2. COVID-19-related litter pollution on Greek beaches and nearshore shallow water environments

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Konstantina Kouvara, George Papatheodorou, Angeliki Kosmopoulou, Ioannis Giovos, Anastasia Charitou, Anastasios Filippides, Helen Kaberi, Loukia Kalaitzi, Filippos Kyrkitsos, Phoebe Koundouri, Constantinos Triantafyllou, Miltos Gletsos, Elias Fakiris, and Maria Geraga

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Waste Products, Greece, Humans, COVID-19, Water, Aquatic Science, Oceanography, Pollution, Pandemics, Plastics, Bathing Beaches, Environmental Monitoring
Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase in certain types of litter, many of which are expected to end up in the marine environment. The present study aimed to monitor the pandemic-related litter pollution along the Greek coastal environment. Overall, 59 beach and 83 underwater clean-ups were conducted. Litter was categorized as: PPE (face masks and gloves), COVID-19-related, single-use plastic (SUP) and takeaway items. PPE, dominated by face masks (86.21 %), accounted for 0.29 % of all litter. The average PPE density was 3.1 × 10

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2022

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