Development a new index for littered waste assessment in different environments: A study on coastal and urban areas of northern Iran (Caspian Sea).
Clean environment index
Coast
Geographical area
Litter
Urban areas
Waste management
Journal
Marine pollution bulletin
ISSN: 1879-3363
Titre abrégé: Mar Pollut Bull
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0260231
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2021
Oct 2021
Historique:
received:
29
04
2021
revised:
26
06
2021
accepted:
27
06
2021
pubmed:
17
7
2021
medline:
30
9
2021
entrez:
16
7
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The coastal pollution has been evaluated using indexes like Clean Coast Index (CCI) in many countries. In this study, several coasts and urban areas in northern of Iran along the Caspian Sea, were assessed in terms of number and composition of litters. Furthermore, Clean Environment Index (CEI) was used for the first time to interpret the results. The results indicated that 60% of the coasts and 50% of the urban areas were in a dirty status and only 22% of the total surveyed areas were found to be in a clean status. The highest number of litters observed in the study areas was cigarette butt. Due to the impact of risk factor of different types of littered waste, it was obviously clear that CEI offers a more realistic and rigorous interpretation than CCI. Therefore, this new index can be considered to evaluate litters pollution in various areas.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34271504
pii: S0025-326X(21)00718-9
doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112684
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Plastics
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
112684Informations de copyright
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