Welcome to the Regional Seas website
http://www.unep.org/regionalseas/marinelitter/default.asp
COBSEA - Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia Homepage
http://www.cobsea.org/index.html
http://cobsea.org/activities/activities_strategic_pollution.html
Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities
http://www.gpa.unep.org/
International Maritime Organization
http://www.imo.org/Conventions/contents.asp?doc_id=678&topic_id=258#garbage
NOWPAP-Northwest Pacific Action Plan
http://www.nowpap.org/index.php
http://www.nowpap.org/ML.php
Oceans and Law of the Sea
http://www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm
UN Atlas of the Oceans
http://www.oceansatlas.org/
flipflop (i was)
http://www.uniqueco-designs.com/
5 Gyres - Researching & Communicating Plastic Polution in the Worlds Oceans
http://5gyres.org/index.php
5th International Marine Debris Conference
http://www.5imdc.org/
7 In the Ocean
http://sevenintheocean.wordpress.com/
A Whale of a Problem!
http://teamjefferson.blog.com/
Algalita Marine Research Foundation - Marine Research, Education and Restoration
http://www.algalita.org/index.html
Alice Ferguson Foundation: Environmental Education and Environmental Action on the Potomac River. Accokeek, Maryland
http://www.fergusonfoundation.org/index.html
All the Way to the Ocean
http://www.allthewaytotheocean.com/
American Chemistry Council
Plastics Division
http://www.americanchemistry.com/s_plastics/sec.asp?CID=1106&DID=4260
ANNA HEPLER
http://www.annahepler.com/
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=239107
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/12/sculptors-take-on-great-pacific-garbage-patch.php
California Coastal Commission, Public Education Program. Marine Debris
http://www.coastal.ca.gov/publiced/marinedebris.html
Clean Ocean Action
http://cleanoceanaction.org/
Dive Into Your Imagination - The Garbage Patch
http://www.diveintoyourimagination.com/news/the-garbage-patch
Documents, Reports, Laws, Regulations and Treaties about the Problems Associated with Marine Debris
http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/debris/docsregs.html
Exploring waste, from coast to coast. | Trash Trip
http://www.trashtrip.com/
Flotsametrics and the Floating World
http://www.flotsametrics.com/
http://beachcombersalert.blogspot.com/
GarbagePatchCleaners.org
http://www.garbagepatchcleaner.org/home
gARTbage
Teresa Espaniola
http://www.gartbage.org/
GrassRoots Garbage Gang Rag
http://www.ourbeach.org/index.html
Gulf of Alaska Keeper
http://www.goak.org/
Heal the Bay
http://www.healthebay.org/
Judith Selby Lang
Richard Lang
http://www.beachplastic.com/beach_plastic/Greetings.html
KBB - Keep Bermuda Beautiful
http://www.kbb.bm/index.html
Keep Martin Beautiful
http://www.keepmartinbeautiful.org/
Keep Oceans Clean!
http://www.keepoceansclean.org/intro/
LitterProject
http://www.litterproject.com/
Lost Fishing Gear | The SeaDoc Society
http://www.seadocsociety.org/lostfishinggear
Marina Trash Skimmer by Marina Accessories - Bellingham, WA
http://www.marinatrashskimmer.com/
Marine Cleanup Initiative, Inc. (MCII)
http://www.marinecleanupinitiativeinc.org/
http://marinecleanupinitiativeinc.blogspot.com/
Marine Conservation Alliance Foundation
http://www.mcafoundation.org/index.html
MarineDebrisSolutions.org
http://marinedebrissolutions.com/
National Healthy Beaches Campaign. Promoting clean, safe and healthy beaches.
http://www.healthybeaches.org/
National Ocean Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce; Coast Guard, Department
of Homeland Security (DHS)
Definition of Marine Debris for Purposes of the Marine Debris
Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-21261.htm
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-21261.pdf
http://205.153.241.230/env_regs/09_03_09.html
NH Marine Debris to Energy Project
http://www.nhmarinedebris.org
NOAA Marine Debris Blog
http://marinedebrisblog.wordpress.com/
NOAA Marine Debris Program
http://marinedebris.noaa.gov/welcome.html
Ocean Conservancy: International Coastal Cleanup
http://www.oceanconservancy.org/site/PageServer?pagename=icc_home
Oceanic Defense - Activation Through Education
http://www.oceanicdefense.org/index.html
OceanGybe: A Global Research & Outreach Expedition to Protect the World’s Oceans. - Welcome to OceanGybe.com
http://www.oceangybe.com/
Pam Longobardi
http://www.pamlongobardi.com/
PITCH-IN CANADA - Litter control, recycling, reduce, reuse, beautification
http://www.pitch-in.ca/Marine/E-Marine1.html
Plastic Debris Rivers to Sea Conference | September 7-9, 2005
http://conference.plasticdebris.org/
Plastic Debris Rivers to Sea Project
http://www.plasticdebris.org/
Plastic Forever
http://www.plasticforever.blogspot.com/
Plastic in the Sea and Water
http://www.mindfully.org/Plastic/Ocean/ocean.htm
Plastic Pollution Coalition
http://plasticpollutioncoalition.org/
Plastics are Forever
http://www.plasticsareforever.org/
Plastics at SEA | North Atlantic Expedition | Sea Education Association (SEA)
http://www.sea.edu/plastics/index.htm
Plastics. Too Valuable to Waste. Recycle.
http://2valuable2waste.com/blog/
Project AWARE Actions
http://projectaware.wordpress.com/
Project Kaisei - Capturing the Plastic Vortex
http://www.projectkaisei.org/index.html
Project Vortex
http://www.projectvortex.org/
RISE ABOVE PLASTICS
http://www.riseaboveplastics.org/
http://riseaboveplastics.blogspot.com/
San Diego Clean Beach Coalition
http://cleanbeachcoalition.org/
San Francisco Save The Bay
http://www.savesfbay.org/
Save The Waves Coalition
http://www.savethewaves.org/
Sea Education Association
http://www.sea.edu/home/index.aspx
SEAPLEX
Scripps Environmental Accumulation of Plastic Expedition
Seeking the Science of the Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch
http://sio.ucsd.edu/Expeditions/Seaplex/
http://seaplexscience.com/
Seattle Bag Tax
http://www.seattlebagtax.org/
South Carolina Marine Debris Initiative
http://www.scdhec.gov/environment/ocrm/outreach/marine_debris.htm
Surfrider Foundation
http://www.surfrider.org/
TD Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
http://www.vanaqua.org/cleanup/
Team Marine :: Rethinking Sustainability!
http://www.teammarine.org/index.php
The Coastodian
http://coastodian.org/
The Daily Ocean
http://www.thedailyocean.blogspot.com/
The Flotsam Diaries
A chronicle of human debris. Washed up, blown in, left behind.
http://theflotsamdiaries.blogspot.com/
The Marine Mammal Center
http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/
The Plastiki Expedition
http://www.theplastiki.com/
The Plastic Patrol
http://theplasticpatrol.squarespace.com/
Washed Ashore
http://www.washedashore.org/index.php
Washington CoastSavers
http://www.coastsavers.org/
West Coast Governors’ Agreement on Ocean Health Action Coordination Teams
http://www.westcoastoceans.gov/teams/#debris
WiLDCOAST
http://www.wildcoast.net/site/index.php
LEI No 9.966, DE 28 DE ABRIL DE 2000.
Dispõe sobre a prevenção, o controle e a fiscalização da poluição causada por lançamento de óleo e outras substâncias nocivas ou perigosas em águas sob jurisdição nacional e dá outras providências.
http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Leis/L9966.htm
MENSAGEM Nº 571, DE 28 DE ABRIL DE 2000.
http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Leis/Mensagem_Veto/2000/Mv0571-00.htm
DECRETO Nº 4.136, DE 20 DE FEVEREIRO DE 2002
Dispõe sobre a especificação das sanções aplicáveis às infrações às regras de prevenção, controle e fiscalização da poluição causada por lançamento de óleo e outras substâncias nocivas ou perigosas em águas sob jurisdição nacional, prevista na Lei no 9.966, de 28 de abril de 2000, e dá outras providências.
http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/decreto/2002/D4136.htm
PLS - PROJETO DE LEI DO SENADO, Nº 354 de 1989
Dispõe sobre o acondicionamento, a coleta, o tratamento, o transporte e a destinação final dos resíduos de serviços de saúde.
http://www.senado.gov.br/sf/atividade/materia/detalhes.asp?p_cod_mate=1711
SCD - SUBSTITUTIVO DA CÂMARA DOS DEPUTADOS AO PROJETO DE LEI DO SENADO, Nº 354 de 1989
Institui a Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos; altera a Lei nº 9.605, de 12 de fevereiro de 1998; e dá outras providências.
http://www.senado.gov.br/sf/atividade/materia/detalhes.asp?p_cod_mate=96105
PL-203/1991
Dispõe sobre o acondicionamento, a coleta, o tratamento, o transporte e a destinação final dos resíduos de serviços de saúde.
http://www.camara.gov.br/sileg/prop_detalhe.asp?id=15158
PL-1991/2007
Institui a Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos e dá outras providências
http://www.camara.gov.br/sileg/Prop_Detalhe.asp?id=366828
LEI Nº 12.305, DE 2 DE AGOSTO DE 2010.
Institui a Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos; altera a Lei no 9.605, de 12 de fevereiro de 1998; e dá outras providências.
http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2010/Lei/L12305.htm
DECRETO Nº 7.404, DE 23 DE DEZEMBRO DE 2010.
Regulamenta a Lei no 12.305, de 2 de agosto de 2010, que institui a Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos, cria o Comitê Interministerial da Política Nacional de Resíduos Sólidos e o Comitê Orientador para a Implantação dos Sistemas de Logística Reversa, e dá outras providências.
http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/_Ato2007-2010/2010/Decreto/D7404.htm
5º Tempo - Mutirão de Limpeza no Mangue - Outubro 2004
http://www.natalvoluntarios.org.br/tempo/tempo5/tempo5.htm
http://www.natalvoluntarios.org.br/tempo/relatoriodownload/relatorio5tempo.pdf
ABIEF - Associação Brasileira da Indústria de Embalagens Plásticas Flexíveis
http://www.abief.com.br/
CleanBeach - Consciência Ecológica
http://www.cleanbeach.com.br/
Compromisso Empresarial para Reciclagem (Cempre)
http://www.cempre.org.br/
Detectives Científicos de la basura en las playas - Explora Conicyt
http://www.cientificosdelabasura.cl/
Entidade Ecológica dos Surfistas - ECOSURFI
http://www.ecosurfi.org/
INP - Instituto Nacional do Plástico
http://www.inp.org.br/
Instituto EcoFaxina - Limpeza, Monitoramento e Educação Ambiental
http://ecofaxina.blogspot.com/
Limpa Brasil
http://www.campanhalimpabrasil.com/site/
lixo.com.br - Consciência Sócio Ambiental
http://www.lixo.com.br/
Mutirão Ambiental - Mar Limpo - veja quais as formas de se combater o lixo marinho
http://homologa.ambiente.sp.gov.br/marlimpo/default.asp
Oceanografia Química e Poluição Marinha
http://poluicaomarinha.blogspot.com/
Organização Sócio-Ambientalista Joguelimpo
http://www.joguelimpo.org.br/index.php
PLAN DE ACCIÓN PARA LA PROTECCIÓN DE MEDIO MARINO Y ÁREAS COSTERAS DEL PACÍFICO SUDESTE.
http://www.cpps-int.org/spanish/planaccion/marinelitter.htm
http://www.cpps-int.org/spanish/planaccion/contaminacionmarinapa.htm#6
Plastivida - Instituto Sócio-Ambiental dos Plásticos
http://www.plastivida.org.br/
Praia Limpa
http://pe360graus.globo.com/praialimpa/
Projeto Limpeza Na Praia - IEA
http://www.institutoaqualung.com.br/limpeza.html
Projeto Manguezal
http://www.projetomanguezal.ufsc.br/
Saco é um saco
http://www.sacoeumsaco.com.br/
Sacolinhas Plásticas
http://sacolinhasplasticas.blogspot.com/
SOS Praias Brasil
http://www.sospraiasbrasil.org.br/
Vamos Limpar o Mundo
http://www.vamoslimparomundo.blogspot.com/
Clean Coast Project
http://www.sviva.gov.il/bin/en.jsp?enPage=e_BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=Zone&enDispWho=cleancoast05&enZone=cleancoast05
COBSEA - Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia Homepage
http://www.cobsea.org/index.html
http://cobsea.org/activities/activities_strategic_pollution.html
Green Fins Association
http://www.greenfins-thailand.org/
Hong Kong Coastal International Cleanup Challenge
http://www.ecovisionasia.com/hkcoastalcleanup/index.html
International Pellet Watch::Call for pellets from world beaches!
http://www.pelletwatch.org/
JEAN - Japan Environmental Action Network
http://www.jean.jp/
Kewkradong Bangladesh
http://www.kewkradong.com/
Mariana Islands Nature Alliance - A Pacific Environmental Organization
http://minapacific.org/
http://minapacific.org/sec.asp?secID=2
NOWPAP National Monitoring of Marine Litter
http://www.cearac-project.org/MALITA/NOWPAP_National_Monitoring/top.htm
NOWPAP-Northwest Pacific Action Plan
http://www.nowpap.org/index.php
http://www.nowpap.org/ML.php
Oceanic Defense - Activation Through Education
http://www.oceanicdefense.org/index.html
OSEAN - Our Sea of East Asia Network
http://cafe.naver.com/osean
Project AWARE Actions
http://projectaware.wordpress.com/
Solid Waste and Marine Litter - Caribbean Environment Programme
http://www.cep.unep.org/publications-and-resources/marine-and-coastal-issues-links/solid-waste-and-marine-litter
Vida Marina de Puerto Rico: Centro de Reducción de Desperdicios Acuáticos
http://www.vidamarinapr.org/english/index.html
European Commission - Marine Pollution Awareness
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/marine/pollution.htm
Adopt-a-beach and Beachwatch
http://www.adoptabeach.org.uk/
ANDY HUGHES PHOTOGRAPHER
http://www.andyhughes.net/dwt.html
Angelika Heckhausen
http://www.angelika-heckhausen.de/
http://picasaweb.google.com/117860566775425143683/PlastikMullAssemblagen
http://picasaweb.google.com/117860566775425143683/Strandglas
http://www.el-foco.es/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/EL-FOCO-9-M%C3%BCll-web.pdf
Beach cleaner by BeachTech – Find out more about beach cleaners
http://www.beach-tech.com/en.html
British Plastic Federation - Used Plastics Litter in Marine & Riverine Environments
http://www.bpf.co.uk/Press/Marine_Litter.aspx
Clean Ocean Project
http://www.cleanoceanproject.org/
Cleaner Coasts for Ireland and Wales
http://www.cleancoastproject.org/
Corona Save the Beach: A pioneer initiative
http://www.coronasavethebeach.org/eng
Fishing for Litter
http://www.kimointernational.org/Fishing-for-Litter-.aspx
flyintheface - home page of Fran Crowe
http://www.flyintheface.com/index.html
IMARES Dossier: Plastic waste in the sea
http://www.imares.wur.nl/UK/research/dossiers/plastic/
its a man made world
Barbara de Vries
http://www.itsamanmadeworld.com/home.html
KIMO International
http://www.kimointernational.org/
MarinePlastic.org
http://www.marineplastic.org/
http://www.stevemcpherson.co.uk/category/marine-plastic/
http://www.fromherewhereyouare.co.uk/
Microplastics
http://www.microplastics.ch/
NABU-Projekt „Meere ohne Plastik“
http://www.nabu.de/themen/meere/plastik/projekt/
Not on our beaches
http://www.notonourbeaches.com/
Plastic from the Sea
http://www.plastic-sea.com/
Plastic Oceans
http://www.plasticoceans.net/
Plastic Planet
http://www.plastic-planet.at/
http://www.plastic-planet.de/
Plastic Reef | Maarten Vanden Eynde
http://www.plasticreef.com/
Plastic Soup
http://www.plasticsoup.org/en/
Plastic Whale
http://plasticwhale.org/
Plastics 2020 Challenge | Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover
http://www.plastics2020challenge.com/questions/question/what_can_be_done_about_marine_litter/
Plastik-Müllkippe Meer
http://umwelt.zdf.de/ZDFde/inhalt/30/0,1872,7901726,00.html
Project AWARE Actions
http://projectaware.wordpress.com/
Recycled island
http://www.recycledisland.com/
Robin des Bois - Monstres des mers avec Open Arts
http://www.robindesbois.org/monstres_des_mers_open_arts/robin_des_bois_open_arts.html
Robindesbois.org
http://www.robindesbois.org/
Sauvons Epluchures Beach!
http://sauvonsepluchures.org/
Surfers Against Sewage - Not just Surfers, Not just Sewage
http://www.sas.org.uk/
Surfrider Foundation Europe : Sea Protection - Environment and Education
http://www.surfrider.eu/en.html
http://www.initiativesoceanes.org/index.php
Unpackaged
http://beunpackaged.com/
Vac from the Sea
http://www.electrolux.se/Innovation/Campaigns/Vac-from-the-sea/
Watch the Waste - portail d’observation des dechets en mer
http://watchthewaste.free.fr/
Adopt A Beach Hawaii
http://adoptabeachhawaii.com/
Beach Environmental Awareness Campaign Hawai`i (B.E.A.C.H.)
http://www.b-e-a-c-h.org/
Hawai`i Marine Debris Action Plan
http://sites.google.com/site/himdap/
Helen Chellin
http://helenchellin.com/home.html
http://helenchellin.com/portfolio.html
Kokua Hawai`i Foundation
http://www.kokuahawaiifoundation.org/
SeaPics.com | Ocean Wildlife Nature Pictures | Stock Photo Agency
Ocean Pollution, Ocean Garbage, and Marine Debris Photos
http://seapics.com/
http://seapics.com/feature-subject/environment/ocean-pollution-pictures-001.html
SUPER | Survey of Underwater Plastic and Ecosystem Response
http://cmore.soest.hawaii.edu/cruises/super/index.htm
Carpentaria Ghost Nets
http://www.ghostnets.com.au/index.html
Clean Up the World
http://www.cleanuptheworld.org/en/
Jimi Rock Under Sea Adventure
http://www.jimirock.com/
Marine debris in northern Australia — WWF-Australia
http://wwf.org.au/ourwork/oceans/debris/
Oceanic Defense - Activation Through Education
http://www.oceanicdefense.org/index.html
Project AWARE Actions
http://projectaware.wordpress.com/
reefED - Educate to keep it Great
http://www.reefed.edu.au/home/explorer/hot_topics/marine_debris
Sea Turtle Foundation – Turtles for Tomorrow » Marine Debris
http://www.seaturtlefoundation.org/threats/human/threats-rubbish/
Sustainable Coastlines
http://www.sustainablecoastlines.org/Kia_Ora/Welcome/Welcome.html
Waitemata Harbour Clean-Up Trust
http://www.waitakere.govt.nz/ourpar/whct.asp