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A quantifiable amount of plastic settles to the bottom of the oceans annually
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Multiple scientific studies and global plastic budgets confirm that millions of metric tons of plastic enter the oceans annually and a quantifiable amount settles to the ocean floor.

Evidence for · 4
Human Health and Ocean Pollution.
2020 · cited by 242
Estimates that 10 million metric tons of plastic waste enter the seas each year, part of which settles into the oceans.
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Benthic plastic debris in marine and fresh water environments
2015 · cited by 114
Demonstrates that abundant plastic debris is becoming incorporated into the marine benthic sedimentary record.
Plastics in the deep sea – A global estimate of the ocean floor reservoir
2024 · cited by 63
Discusses the global estimate of plastic accumulation on the ocean floor reservoir from yearly plastic inputs.
Global environmental plastic dispersal under OECD policy scenarios toward 2060.
2025 · cited by 15
Establishes a global plastic budget with millions of tons of land-to-sea plastic transport annually.
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  1. Human Health and Ocean Pollution.peer-reviewedsupports
  2. Benthic plastic debris in marine and fresh water environmentspeer-reviewedsupports
  3. Plastics in the deep sea – A global estimate of the ocean floor reservoirpeer-reviewedsupports
  4. Global environmental plastic dispersal under OECD policy scenarios toward 2060.peer-reviewedsupports
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first checked05 Aug 2026
judged → SUPPORTED · 9005 Aug 2026
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