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A Joint List of Litter Categories for Marine Macrolitter Monitoring

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Manual for the application of the classification system
The monitoring of marine macrolitter requires an unambiguous identification of its identity, enabled through an agreed list of litter categories. The Joint List of Litter Categories for Macrolitter Monitoring was prepared by the MSFD Technical Group on Marine Litter (MSFD TG ML), in close collaboration with EU Member States and the Regional Sea Conventions. The list was adopted by the MSFD Coordination Group (November 2019). It provides a comprehensive list of litter types, which occur in the coastal and marine environment. This comprehensive list can be used to enable comparable monitoring of marine litter across the European Seas and beyond, as well as across different compartments of the marine environment.
2021-03-25
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC121708
978-92-76-21445-8 (online),   
1831-9424 (online),   
EUR 30348 EN,    OP KJ-NA-30348-EN-N (online),   
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC121708,   
10.2760/127473 (online),   
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