Spatio-temporal distribution of cigarette butt contamination in urban beaches with varying levels of use.
Cellulose acetate
Environmental degradation
Marine pollution
Microplastics
Journal
Waste management (New York, N.Y.)
ISSN: 1879-2456
Titre abrégé: Waste Manag
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9884362
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 Aug 2023
01 Aug 2023
Historique:
received:
11
04
2023
revised:
14
05
2023
accepted:
23
05
2023
medline:
22
8
2023
pubmed:
11
6
2023
entrez:
11
6
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This study assessed the extent of cigarette butt contamination on two urban beaches in Recife-PE (Pernambuco State, Brazil) with varying levels of use. The study considered degradation levels and evaluated whether the brands varied by time, space, and beaches use. Ten transects (1.5 m wide) and spaced 10 m apart, were delimited on the beaches investigated. Twelve collections were made between May 2021 and January 2022, and the collected cigarette butts were evaluated based on degradation level, mass, size, and brand. In total, 10,275 cigarette butts were collected on both beaches, with P1 accounting for 96.91% of the found cigarette butts. The density of cigarette butts on the beaches was directly proportional to the level of use, with 8.85 butts/m
Identifiants
pubmed: 37302176
pii: S0956-053X(23)00383-5
doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2023.05.035
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
179-188Informations de copyright
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Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.