Data

Here you can download the main databases generated by MALUCA in order to be re-graphed, compared or integrated with other datasets. Please quote citation when using this information.

Waste leakage manuscript

(Under review)

SUPPLEMETARY DATA 1: Updated version of the high-range mismanaged waste model by Lebreton & Andrady (2019)

Country-level input data on per-capita waste generation, plastic content in waste streams, and mismanagement rates in the high-range model of Lebreton and Andrady (2019), updated with Borrelle et al. (2020) and Kaza et al. (2018).
File format: xlsx.
Citation:
• Lebreton, L., & Andrady, A. Future scenarios of global plastic waste generation and disposal. Palgrave Commun. 5, 6 (2019).
• Kaza, S., et al. (2018) What a waste 2.0: A global snapshot of solid waste management to 2050. The World Bank, Washington, DC, USA.
• Borrelle, S.B.,et al. Predicted growth in plastic waste exceeds efforts to mitigate plastic pollution. Science 369, 1515-1518 (2020).

SUPPLEMENTARY DATA 2: SOURCE DATA for MODEL FITTING

Raw data used for model fitting include mesoscale population density, cumulative mismanaged waste (CLW), and seafloor litter concentration (SLC). Percentiles were obtained via bootstrap resampling of 8,675 seafloor litter samples with 10,000 replicates.
The ratio of SLC to CLW is indicative of relative waste leakage rates; therefore, the model’s scaling factor must be calibrated to express waste leakage rates in absolute units.
File format: xlsx.
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Description: Red dot data in Fig. 2.

SUPPLEMENTARY DATA 3: GLOBAL WASTE LEAKAGE

Raster dataset of flow of leaked waste (LW, kg per year).
File format: Raster
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Description: Fig. 3a.

SUPPLEMENTARY DATA 4: GLOBAL PLASTIC WASTE LEAKAGE

Raster dataset of flow of leaked plastic waste (LPW, kg per year).
File format: Raster
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Description: Fig. 3b.

Proof of Concept for a new sensor to monitor litter from space

Cózar, Arias et al. (Nature Communications, 2024)

Source data file

Information associated with each of the LW detections obtained for the Mediterranean Sea: location, date, size and distance to land.
File format: xlsx
Citation: Cózar, A., Arias, M., et al. Proof of concept for a new sensor to monitor marine litter from space. Nat Commun 15, 4637 (2024).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48674-7

Floating litter leaked from Europe into the ocean

González-Fernández et al. (Nature Sustainability, 2021)

Top 20 riverine floating macrolitter items and materials in European rivers

Project(s): PLASTREND & MIDAS & LITRIVUS & RIMMEL
File format: xlsx
Citation: González-Fernández et al., 2021

Description: Figure 1

Distribution of Floating Macrolitter Loading per country, ocean region and drainage basin size ranges

Project(s): PLASTREND & MIDAS & LITRIVUS & RIMMEL
File format: xlsx
Citation: González-Fernández et al., 2021

Description: Figure 5

Spatial distribution of Floating Macrolitter Loading from Europe to the ocean

Project(s): PLASTREND & MIDAS & LITRIVUS & RIMMEL
File format: shp
Citation: González-Fernández et al., 2021

Description: Figure 4

An inshore offshore sorting system revealed from global classification of ocean litter

Morales-Caselles et al. (Nature Sustainability, 2021)

Material and probable origin of the litter found in the seven major aquatic environments at global scale

Project(s): MIDAS & PLAn & PLASTREND
File format: xlsx
Citation: Morales-Caselles et al., 2021

Description: Figure 1

Top 10 litter items in aquatic environments

Project(s): MIDAS & PLAn & PLASTREND
File format: xlsx
Citation: Morales-Caselles et al., 2021

Description: Figure 2

Macro-litter densities in aquatic ecosystems

Project(s): MIDAS & PLAn & PLASTREND
File format: xlsx
Citation: Morales-Caselles et al., 2021

Description: Figure 5

Top 10 litter items in the nearshore seafloor of the seven large world socioeconomic regions

Project(s): MIDAS & PLAn & PLASTREND
File format: xlsx
Citation: Morales-Caselles et al., 2021

Description: Figure 6

Top 10 litter items globally

Project(s): MIDAS & PLAn & PLASTREND
File format: xlsx
Citation: Morales-Caselles et al., 2021

Description: Supplementary Figure 3

Previous research

Plastic concentrations in Tara Arctic 2013

Concentrations of floating plastic debris measured with surface-trawling plankton net in TARA Arctic 2013 on board the French R/V Tara.
Projects: Tara Expeditions & Pakea Bizkaia
File format: xlsx
Citation: Cózar, A, et al., The Arctic Ocean as a dead end for floating plastics in the North Atlantic branch of the Thermohaline Circulation. Science Advances 3 (4), e1600582 (2017).

Description: Fig. 1 in Cózar et al. (2017).

Size distribution of floating plastic debris in Tara Arctic 2013

Size distribution of floating plastic debris collected with surface-trawling plankton in Tara Arctic 2013.
Project(s): Tara Expeditions & Pakea Bizkaia
File format: xlsx
Citation: Cózar, A, et al. The Arctic Ocean as a dead end for floating plastics in the North Atlantic branch of the Thermohaline Circulation. Science Advances 3 (4), e1600582 (2017).

Description: Fig. 2 in Cózar et al. (2017).

Plastic concentrations in MEDSEA 2013, Mediterranean basin

Concentrations of floating plastic debris measured with surface trawling plankton net across the Mediterranean Sea in 2013 on board the Spanish R/V Angeles Alvariño.
Project: Mediterranean Sea Acidification in a Changing Climate (MedSeA)
File format: xlsx
Citation: Cózar, A, et al. Plastic Accumulation in the Mediterranean Sea. PLoS ONE, 10(4), e0121762 (2015).

Description: Fig. 2 in Cózar et al. (2015).

Size distribution of floating plastic debris in MEDSEA 2013, Mediterranean basin

Size distribution of floating plastic debris collected with surface trawling plankton net across the Mediterranean Sea in 2013 on board the Spanish R/V Angeles Alvariño.
Project: Mediterranean Sea Acidification in a Changing Climate (MedSeA)
File format: xlsx
Citation: Cózar, A, et al. Plastic Accumulation in the Mediterranean Sea. PLoS ONE, 10(4), e0121762 (2015).

Description: Fig. 1 in Cózar et al. (2015).

Plastic concentrations in Malaspina 2010 Circumnavigation

Concentrations of floating plastic debris measured with surface trawling plankton net in Malaspina 2010 Circumnavigation.
Project: Malaspina 2010 Circumnavigation
File format: xlsx
Citation: Cozar, A, et al. Plastic debris in the open ocean. PNAS 111(28), 10239-10244 (2014).

Description: Fig. 1 in Cózar et al. (2014).

Size distribution of floating plastic debris in Malaspina 2010 Circumnavigation

Size distribution of floating plastic debris collected with surface trawling plankton net across the Malaspina 2010 Circumnavigation.
Project: Malaspina 2010 Circumnavigation
File format: xlsx
Citation: Cózar, A, et al. Plastic debris in the open ocean. PNAS 111(28), 10239-10244 (2014)..

Description: Fig. S10 in Cózar et al. (2014).

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