The Laurentian Great Lakes system serves as a significant global repository for plastic debris. Researchers sampled large micro-, meso-, and macroplastic items from an area of 10 square meters on sixty-six beaches within the Great Lakes. In total, they collected and categorized 21,592 plastic items. The most prevalent type of debris was pre-production plastic pellets, which made up 58.3% of the total. This study focuses on the remaining 42.7% of the collected debris.
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