Abstract
Plastics, one type of marine debris, account for nearly 90% of beach cleanup litter collected (Surfrider Foundation, 2022), with 22 million pounds (10 million kilograms) entering the Great Lakes annually, half going into Lake Erie (Hoffman and Hittinger, 2017). Lake Erie provides drinking water for 12 million people and supports a $12.9 billion coastal tourism industry (USEPA, 2022). Plastic is hazardous to aquatic life through entanglement, ingestion, and associated contaminants (Derraik, 2002), and negatively impacts Ohio’s economy (NOAA Marine Debris Program, 2019).
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